Oh dear, I'm a teenager

Internet addiction article

In particular (in the great tradition of internet based diagnosis);

• Does your child frequently disobey time limits for internet use?
• Does your child prefer to spend time online rather than with the rest of your family?
• Does your child check his or her email before doing anything else?
• Does your child seem withdrawn since discovering the internet?
• Does your child snap, yell or act annoyed if bothered while online?

Yep, that's me alright. I think it's ok though, most of my friends are too - it must be normal.

I think we're going to be hearing a lot of this...

...but mr_bassman and I just realised that in the past I used to refer to my "mother goggles". Now I see my child through Rose-coloured glasses.