Schools for Troubled Teens And Internet Restrictions
Schools for troubled teens do not give their students the luxury of free time. Teenagers with addictions and behavioral problems are given priveleges based on performance and behavior. One privilege treated like gold in many teen boarding schools is access to the internet. Unlike many naive or indifferent parents, staff is well aware of the inappropriate and harmful information teens can dig up on the net.
If your teen has unrestricted access to the computer in your home, you would do well to monitor their use. Just find some teen chat rooms or go on MySpace and you’ll get an idea why the internet is not the best place for teens at risk to spend their time.
Relevant Tags:boarding schools, drug combinations, information on drugs, myspace, schools for troubled teens, sexual activities, teen chat rooms, time teenagers“A new study from the Caron Treatment Centers analyzed more than 10 million online messages written by teens and found a number of conversations about drinking, taking drugs, and having sex. The study was based on a computerized search of blogs, public chat rooms, message boards, and other Internet sites. Research firm Nielsen BuzzMetrics said that about 2 percent of posts specifically mentioned alcohol or other drugs.
Common discussions included trading information about using drugs without getting hurt or caught and debates about legalization and the drinking age. Some teens discussed their partying and sexual activities. Often, newer slang for drugs was used to avoid raising red flags among suspicious parents.
Bad information on drugs abounds online. Some teens have found themselves in the Emergency Room after following misinformation regarding supposed safe drug combinations. There is no way for teens to differentiate good vs bad information.”
