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Email Worse Than Marijuana For Intelligence?
wallykeyster writes "The Guardian is reporting that a recent study at King's College indicates that the average IQ loss of email users was 10 points (or six points more than cannabis users). Details on The Register as well. The Register has a related story about how computers make kids dumb and an apparent "problem-solving deficit disorder" observed in children who use computers. I thought it was television that rotted your brain?"
We are now 2 weeks later, and my wife and I just - like, 30 mins ago - finished a discussion about how to remove the game from the pc whilst making it look like an accident....
:), would you be having a discussion about how to make the disappearance of the pot look like an accident?
if you son had started smoking pot (extreme, I know, for a five year old
Just delete the garbage, suffer through some fits, and if he actually asks why it's gone just say tell him that it was bad for him. You don't need to lie about it, nor do you need to reason with him either.
It's called a distraction. Best thing you could do for your son is teach him how to deal with distractions, instead of removing them. Otherwise he'll never learn to cope with the larger distractions that life throws at you.
Classic example is co-ed vs single sex schooling. Single sex schooling gives a more focused environment. But when confronted with the opposite sex in the real world or in a higher learning institution the kids typically do worse because they're confronted with a very powerful distraction they've never learnt to cope with.
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