The psychological addiction to the internet, the era of digital crack, is a recently-present problem. Brian Williams, on Rock Center, has a host of candidates analyzed for their personal stories. Is it something that exists? Definitely. Is it itself a huge worry? Probably not.
While it is a worry when they show people such as the online-gamer who's lives are inside their electronic box, a small obsession with Facebook isn't really an issue. The difference - the online-gamer typically spends over 6 hours of their day staring at a digital screen, focusing all of their brain on irrelevant information. This activity is extremely counter-productive, and useless to the things that matter for progress in life.
All people are different though; if this activity makes some people extremely happy, then good for them. I would rather have online-gamers than possible murderers. Better they are shooting eachother over Runescape Gold then tangible possessions.
After seeing the T.V. show, I believe there is another, more severe problem. In my opinion, it is more the mother's faults than the child's fault. The parents that are letting these kids be violently addicted to their computer screen need to crack the damn whip. Maybe I just can't understand because I'm not a parent, but if my child was addicted to an activity that was affecting actual productivity and their personality, I wouldn't hesitate to tell them to go play outside. There are some evils on the internet, nature is mostly good.
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