On Monday night I watched the PBS Frontline airing of "Growing Up On Line". It's a documentary that features several high school students and their parents from a NJ suburban town. I think this show did a great job of exploring the way the two generations look at a "life on-line".  I found there were many of the normal generational struggles, and few that really changed due to the technology.

My favorite quote (and I am paraphrasing) was from a phycologist (who was very fair and balanced) who said: "The Internet has caused the greatest generation gap since the birth of rock and roll."  I started thinking that the parents in this show, who were very upset about the influence technology has on their kids, were likely the very same parents who stared unblinkingly at Elvisi Presley gyrating his hips on the Ed Sullivan show, while their parents looked on aghast.  I am confident that today's adolescents will survive this new era just as we did.

 If you want to check out some of the responses from folks (and yes people can send in their responses because we have this thing called the Internet) or to watch the show, visit the PBS web site. 

 Hey, also check our dana boyd who is an "expert" on the film.  We have been trying to get dana to talk at a Community Forum for two years.