Since we bought our 13yr old daughter a laptop a year ago we have noticed a change in her personality, now it's either she is a year older and more secretive or that damn msn has a lot to answer for. Her whole life now revolves around spending hours in her bedroom in between time out with her pals and school we feel lucky when we get the odd grunting noise for food or something else she wants.
Her bedroom looks like a rubbish tip mainly because she is not off the laptop long enough to tidy it. Matters came to a head when it was taken away by my wife. If you were walking past at the time and didn't know any better you would have though a most horrible murder was being commited as she screamed and tried to pull the machine from her mother's arms. MSN kills the art of conversation and social manners, well it sure has in our house so it's now banned and i'm sure she will survive at least i hope so for all our sakes.
Since we bought our 13yr old daughter a laptop a year ago we have noticed a change in her personality, now it's either she is a year older and more secretive or that damn msn has a lot to answer for. Her whole life now revolves around spending hours in her bedroom in between time out with her pals and school we feel lucky when we get the odd grunting noise for food or something else she wants.
Her bedroom looks like a rubbish tip mainly because she is not off the laptop long enough to tidy it. Matters came to a head when it was taken away by my wife. If you were walking past at the time and didn't know any better you would have though a most horrible murder was being commited as she screamed and tried to pull the machine from her mother's arms. MSN kills the art of conversation and social manners, well it sure has in our house so it's now banned and i'm sure she will survive at least i hope so for all our sakes.