A researcher quoted in the DAILY MAIL article said, “It’s easier to be who you want to be, because nobody knows you and if you don’t like the situation you can just exit and it is over”
Is this what the children of the world have come to? Say anything you want online! Talk to strangers! No holds barred.. Be yourself. Of course in being yourself you’re by being someone else that doesn’t exist. Your new personality is more fun than your own! Who cares what genes you were born with, you can make your own! The world is at your fingertips..
And none of it is real.
If this British survey is true to form and is accurate in its portrayal of life of a British teen (and presumably an American teen, too) then something is going awfully awry.. The net is fine. I blog on here and share some thoughts too.. But within day my wife and I are going to be parents. The baby can come at any time. And the last thing I want to do is strap a laptop on his waist and set him up with a Facebook page. We’ll see how long we can persevere on that one I guess..
