With more and more children communicating with friends through Internet chat rooms or e-mail, the result of a lack of direct human contact could be a deepening of the sense of alienation in a child. And this applies not just to children.
越來越多孩子靠著即時傳訊、網路聊天室或電子郵件和別人交談，但缺乏人身接觸的結果，是加深了孩子的孤獨感與疏離感。