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1 posted on 01/03/2004 5:00:23 AM PST by leadpencil1
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Its here to stay so if your kids are using it, get online and chat with them.
2 posted on 01/03/2004 5:04:51 AM PST by leadpencil1
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3 posted on 01/03/2004 5:06:01 AM PST by Support Free Republic (Hi Mom! Hi Dad!)
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I hatehatehate instant messages. It's one reason I was glad to drop AOL, way back when. Who knew there were so many serial pesterers out there?
4 posted on 01/03/2004 5:08:28 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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Although it might seem lazy or silly to send electronic messages instead of getting out of a chair and walking into the next room, some psychologists say that the role of the technology within families can be remarkably positive. In many cases, they say, the messages are helping to break down the interpersonal barriers that often prevent open communication.

Pardon me if I'm somewhat skeptical of this claim. The best interpersonal communication requires eye contact.

13 posted on 01/03/2004 5:34:54 AM PST by independentmind
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Teenagers already use online communications to take on difficult topics with one another, said Katelyn McKenna, a research assistant professor in psychology at New York University. Preliminary results from a study she conducted last year, she said, suggest that "they are able to talk with one another about issues that bother them more readily online than when they are talking face to face."

This is nuts! If these people had started out talking to their children and being honest with them they wouldn't have to talk "openly" with them through the computer.

17 posted on 01/03/2004 5:43:43 AM PST by raybbr
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IM is irreplaceable for me in keeping up with my kids when they are at their mom's house a couple of days a week. From the short, "Hows it going", "Did you finish your homework", "heading out,love you, talk later", check-in type messages to long drawn out conversations its a daily thing for us.....With 3 computers in different rooms of my house it saves on yelling too!

I've found that one of my sons is much more open and comfortable about sensitive issues in his personal life when talking through IM than when we're face to face....conversations that I never dreamed I could have had with my parents.

He even has text messageing on his mobile phone. I sent him the following message the other night: "If you want cereal tonight bring home some milk". He came strolling in the door at 11:00pm with a gallon and his first words to me were "You owe me $4"......Gotta love him!



19 posted on 01/03/2004 6:05:54 AM PST by Rebelbase (If I stay on topic for more than 2 posts something is wrong. Alert the authorities.)
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