|Rabbi Lawrence Keleman| A turn down the wrong cyberstreet
guarantees exposure to information or images at least as
corrosive as anything available in the streets of New York,
Paris, or Tokyo - and often even worse. This is why parents need
to be especially vigilant when teens go online. Ample evidence
describes the damage Internet involvement can wreak on academic
performance. Although many parents help their children get
online in order to bolster grades, research reveals that more
time spent online translates into less time spent reading books
and declining study skills. The Internet cultivates impulsive
jumping from Web page to Web page, but real learning requires
concentration. Restricting Internet access is a necessary but
insufficient solution. What is needed is healing the personality
weaknesses that virtually guarantee some individuals will fall
victim to Internet temptations. A key challenge to parents and
educators is identifying the risk factors and the individuals
most at risk. Four preexisting c