Comments on: How do you compare? Teens spend 31 hours a week online

By: brianna

brianna — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:17:54 +0000

makes u a loser…. jk lol jk!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:05:59 +0000

I spend hey probably (during the summer) well over 31h’s a week, most day’s are 10h a day doing various things from youtube, blog’s, wiki, music, msn, WoW and other interests.
It certainly does go down from summer hours to school hours, i have much less time to do stuff online from when I get home to when i go to bed.
In the summer i would say that i spend about 3-5h a day which is the average.
My opinion on whether this is good for me or not. I would say it does develop bad habits but teenagers are curious. While browzing google, young teen girls might be interested to know about implants, or other teens in drugs, world news (poverty, wars..etc). I’m say that this time is not wasted at all. It can be very educational, its what brought me to this thread.
There does come a point when it is addiction to the computer, and computer’s should never be a substitute for real life communication. Thats why we have school. thats about 6h a day where you probably talk to more people throughout your day than most adults. I don’t see how what we do at home affects our social lives. This is probably the case where i would say school isn’t totaly useless.

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accountinghomework help — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:02:37 +0000

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By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:21:00 +0000

i am a 17 year old male.
I spend around 5-7 hours or more a night weekdays, and then for a weekend i could be on from when i wake up till when i go to bed. That might be around 24 hours – 30 hours on a weekend.
So for my week i could be spending around
56-68 hours a week on my computer. thats pretty normal for me.
at the same time too i might be on my 360, watching tv/dvds or playing my DS.
Life is good.

By: BA

BA — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:53:26 +0000

true that

By: BA

BA — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:52:30 +0000

the stuff about teens watching alot of porn a week is soooo right!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Nicolette

Nicolette — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:41:27 +0000

My kid was a die-hard WOW player. He was playing for 13 hours a day (10 of them at night, we didn’t know). When I figured out, I understood that we have to do something. If you have kids that are on the computer and/or Internet for any length of time, you know that getting them to log off can be quite a chore. Thanks god, there are a variety of Internet filtering tools available, so every parent could find software for controlling Internet usage of their kids. The one I use is Ez Internet Timer

By: Brendon

Brendon — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:45:31 +0000

Teenagers should focus on their career rather than wasting time on these activities…..

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Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:56:50 +0000

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By: Fidelita LoL

Fidelita LoL — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:58:15 +0000

I like the way you think!

But I think it’s crazy that people who don’t get the internet age want to scrutinize it and say that people are getting fat because they are consumed with using the internet, not realizing that they spend an equal amount of time watching tv or being lethargic in some other way. Using the internet is a much more productive and controlled use of my time, where I choose what I see without interruption. To do that with the tv you have to pay more money to avoid commercials LoL

By: LovelyLoser

LovelyLoser — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:56:24 +0000

I spend atleast 5 hours a day on the internet just for school. Seeing as I do an online shool program. I don’t think it is neccessarliy bad to be on the internet for 30 hours a week. What is bad is when people make it their lives. When people get so involved in games like Second Life or World of War Craft, that they foret about their lives. Their real lives. That is when thing get bad. When you don’t have a life and you have to make one online.

By: Cable Runner

Cable Runner — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:09:33 +0000

The question is how much time is spent for work and school stuff, and how much just for leisure-
in that since, it woudl replace TV , to some degree

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By: How Much Time Does The Average Teen Spend Online? | Grant Baldwin's Blog

How Much Time Does The Average Teen Spend Online? | Grant Baldwin's Blog — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:24:24 +0000

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By: Stuck in the web: Teens Spend a LOT of Time Online

Stuck in the web: Teens Spend a LOT of Time Online — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:50:24 +0000

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By: Chris Brock

Chris Brock — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:21:39 +0000

I’m sure you’re aware of this already, but I thought I’d send you this link anyway…

http://willseberger.blogspot.com/2009/02/is-techcrunch-listening.html

Looks like you need to revise where you get your pictures from.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:53:32 +0000

I’m starting to see how a teenager might compromise the security of their parent’s or the family’s computer. 30+ hours of week or mostly just messing around with a couple hours of.. less productive activities on less than secure sites. Teens (and most adults a like) should spend some of those 31 hours on http://www.justaskgemalto.com to keep their computers secure.

By: Mac Jones

Mac Jones — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:54:00 +0000

Probably about eight hours in total for me – three at work and five at home at night. I blame broadband for this – it just wasn’t worth the hassle with dial up.

By: How Many Hours a Week Do you Spend Online?? « ladybird’s tweet

How Many Hours a Week Do you Spend Online?? « ladybird’s tweet — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:02:17 +0000

[...] just came out with a blogpost about how many hours a week teens spend online. They say 31 hours, which does seem like a lot, but in comparison to how much time I spend [...]