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Children Concerned By Parents' Web Habits

Posted by timothy on from the my-dad-has-86,380-emails-in-his-inbox dept.

praps writes "Children are becoming increasingly worried about their parents' Internet habits, according to a report just released in Sweden. Unsurprisingly, dads surfing for pornography is the most common problem, but chatroom addiction also featured in the report — as is a mother who has become obsessed with World of Warcraft. 'This summer she has been sitting up all day and all night and she forgets what's important to me,' wrote the woman's 13-year-old daughter. 'And when she's not at the computer she's like a lost soul. She just looks straight ahead and says nothing.'" There are also a lot of scammers out there who like nothing better than to find retirees who they can sucker into get-rich-quick schemes involving real-estate, stock options, and convincing the neighbors to be part of a "downstream" for MLM marketing ploys.

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  1. Re:what's with the porn hate? by Gewalt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Unless you're hopelessly brainwashed by some cult (religion and/or political) then theres absolutely nothing wrong with kids seeing porn. If you are ultra-conservative enough to think that porn will damage your kids, then you are prolly being a hypocrite anyways, as neither of those institutions believe adults should even partake in consumption of pornography.

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  2. Totally Misses the Fscking Point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm concerned about the LACK of freely available high-quality pornography. The Internet is awash with low-res images, low-res 3-second video clips and pictures of women on dating sites that are much better looking than the real women turn out to be.

    When will the government step in a rid us of these problems? If the "good stuff" were freely and easily available over free high-speed Internet like we deserve, dads would not have to spend a lot of time waiting for the stuff to download or deplete the family's savings paying for rip-off pay-4-pr0n sites. And, they could meet some REAL hot moms and dump the bad moms that won't talk to their kids.

    BTW, I suspect the rest of the article is bogus. What 13-year old WANTS to talk to their parents and wouldn't appreciate some quality alone time to hang with their friends?

    More April Fool's news before 1/4/2008 I'm afraid. Next thing, it will be Talk Like a Pirate Day tomorrow . . .