Anyone Just Addicted To Being Online?

I have a 16 year old daughter who seems to be addicted to online. When I take the computer away as a punishment she acts like she is missing a drug fix. She cries and throw fits. Is it possible she is addicted to the computer? She gives up everything for it. I had to put a time limit on her because she would spend all night on it. Her school work suffered and she doesn't want anything to do with her friends unless she's not able to be online.
I'm 16 & I can tell you it can be addicting, but I think it sounds like she is a little too into it. Can you monitor the sites she goes to? Maybe you'll find out the cause. Not wanting to spend time w/ her friends? Hummm...that's definitely a sign that something's up. I know I have to talk to my buds @ least once a day otherwise I feel lost. Hope this helps!
Hello,
Sorry about the extra concern you have to go through. I am not a teenager anymore, but when the internet first really came out, I was just about that age. It was amazing, and I started meetin people non stop in forums and those live chat places (which I do not go to anymore). And I would sometimes end up being on there till late at night, but besides that, I was a very, very busy person (sports outside of school, school sport teams, all honors and AP class work, vice president of class, serious musician, and family girl). These things kept me busy as heck.

Make sure that your daughter is part of other activities such as (even if just once or twice a week) soccer or basketball team, etc.

Another suggestion, switch to limited minutes per month if you have to be more strict. And any over time she goes, if so, she has to pay the charge.

Have check stats on her to see what she is doing on the Intenet.

Tell her to record the minutes/hours she spends on each day so she and others can realize how long she is on there each day. You don't know until you actually see how long you are addicted.

Hope that helps. Best of luck
Just my two cents...

I'm 19/m/Idaho.... When I was 16 I was the same way, and although I live somewhere else now, out on my own, things haven't changed much when I think about it. When I was at home, i was almost always doing one of these things- watching TV, listening to music, messing around on the internet, eating or sleeping. Usually I was on the internet. A lot of the time I was watching tv, while I was on the internet, when I was downloading music... and eating.

However, I always had a lot of friends, was involved in sports and a lot of other activites, did very well in school, and was a happy normal teenager. Almost all of my friends were the same way, when I was on the internet (like I said, it was almost the whole time when I was there) most of my friends were also on the internet, I know because I would talk to them online with my messenger.

My point is, I don't think you have anything to worry about. There is so much to do on the internet, and although some of the things could be considered bad, most of it is really great. I learned about so many things, met lots of cool people, and have always loved the internet for all the hours of entertainment it has provided.

As long as your 16 year old is going out and at least hanging out with friends a few times a week, and involved in a couple of things, the internet isn't anything you should worry about. Even if she is "addicted" there are so many things that are worse.