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How To Prevent Internet Addiction

Moms at risk for Internet addiction: study

April 29, 2009
Addiction experts say more and more women are seeking help for Internet addiction, many of them new mothers who are addicted to blogs, message boards, and Web sites such as Second Life. And a recent Stanford University survey found that 14 percent of Internet users find it hard to stay away from it for several days at a time. Another nine percent try to hide their "nonessential Internet use" from their loved ones, and another eight percent admit they use the Web as a way to escape their problems... Read more »

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