Growing Up Online

Growing up on the internet is about how the younger generation uses the internet for communication, and how it can be a bad thing to use. Front-line examines most of the different uses that the younger generation uses on the internet. They also talk about how teens depend on the web to communicate with others. The clip discuses how kids and teens don't realize how much information they are putting out on the internet and how dangerous the internet can be without parental control. In the teens defense to the clip, the teens talk about how they feel more accepted on the internet and how they can be whoever they want to be when using the web. A teenage girl talks about how she could overcome her shyness online, and how the online community made her feel better about herself. The same teenage girl also learns about child predators and the dangers of too much information online. The adults in the clip talk about how they feel like they have lost control over what there kids can access over the internet. The parents also talk about how they can no longer connect with their children unless its through the internet.