  sorry this is sort of off topic Why do parents think that only kids are "addicted" to computer games. My mom just cited an article that said that "kids who spend more that 4 hours a week on a computer have lower grades and are more likely to get addicted to 'IT'" my mom spends more than 50 hours a week on the computer, not working, but playing mindless games. What's the difference? Why is her spending more hours on the computer than i do at school not as bad as me getting on the computer just long enough to check my E-mail and type this up. I do this 7 times a week. Does that mean im addicted? I spend maybe 7 hours a week on the computer and 7 hours a day at school.
Where do my priorities lie? She spends 50 hours a week on this very computer im sitting at right now playing mindless games such as Destruct-o-match. I spend 7 hours comunicating. Hold on a second, does this seem just a little bit hypocritical? O wait, I forgot, no one is grading her on anything. Let's hypothesize what her grade would be like if she was being graded right now...she would be in the 65-68 range, and she complains about me getting a 91???
Additionally time how long you spend on the computer just for the purposes of communication (E-mail, this, etc.). You probably will be over 4 hours for the week. That means that the second part of the study cited above is useless. The only thing it says is that if you have a computer, you are more likely to get "addicted" to it. Sorry for my little rant, but I had to get that out 
