The document discusses various threats teenagers face from excessive internet and computer use, including physical, mental, moral, social, and intellectual threats. Physically, it can lead to headaches, spinal issues, and wrist problems. Mentally, some teenagers feel the online world is safer and prioritize it over real-world aspects like education. Morally, it provides easy access to pornography which can corrupt young minds. Socially, anonymity online encourages unethical behavior and replaces real social interactions. Intellectually, it can be addicting and isolating treatment is difficult.

1. Teenagers’ problems with
the Internet and computers

2. Types of threat:
Physical
Mental
Moral
Social
Intellectual

3. Physical
Using a computer and the Internet leads to:
Headaches,
Spinal deformity,
Problems with your wrist.

4. Mental
Many young people feel safe in computer
world. In this world beauty, education and
sex are not important. Addicted people
have only one friend – their computer .

5. Moral
Easy and uncontrolled
access to information can
be dangerous for children’s
moral development. The
biggest problem with the
Internet is the easy access
to pornography. Placing
pornography in the Internet
leads to perverting young
people`s characters.

6. Social
Anonymity in the Internet causes unethical
behavior.Teenagers like talking online.
Dates on the Internet are substitutes to
normal interpersonal contacts. Chat rooms
are good places for jokers, swindlers and
criminals.

7. Intellectual
Information technology could have
influence on people’s minds.The treatment
to this type of addiction is dificult, because
the access to computers is common and
isolating somebody from a computer is
difficult.

8. The Internet addiction may have
negative influence on people:
Loss of leisure
Limitation of time spent with family and
friends
Minimal or no engagement in daily family
matters
Disturbance of contacts with other people

9. Of course, the Internet is also an
excellent device for work and
education, if you can take a good
advantage of it.