2014. Feb. 24

Messages from Tokyo Juvenile Problem Council
Tokyo Juvenile Problem Council conducts investigative research about the internet
addiction of the youth. We’ve found that the problem has been spreading over the youth
and we expect that it’s going to be more and more serious. We’ll let the youth and theirparents know the current situation and suggest the following. It helps themunderstand how to minimize the various risks of the internet and use it wisely.

[Recommendations to Tokyo city]◎Tokyo should enlighten and diffuse the way of precaution against the internet
addiction to the youth and their parent immediately. It needs to tackle the problem
knowing what’s going on with the youth.

◎For the precaution against the internet addiction of the youth, Tokyo should
support familial rulemakings and enforcement of them. In case of the students ofmiddle school and high school, it should be recommended that they make rules bythemselves. Tokyo also needs to support it.

◎Tokyo needs to ask the concerned government ministries to enforce the control
policies of the internet addiction considering about the education and healthmedical aspects. And Tokyo also should ask business owners to urge to make moreautonomous effort to prevent the youth from the internet addiction.

[To all the parents]◎Now the media education is one of the most important familial teachings, so weshould think the primary place to educate children to survive this information
intensive society is the home.

◎Too much using of mobile phone, smart phone and P/C (hereinafter collectively
called the internet) causes the following damages to the children.

・Physical aspect
Low vision, Lack of exercise, Economy-class syndrome・Mental aspect
Nowhere kids, Day-night reversal, Disorder of sleep
・Study aspect
Drop of score, Tardy, Snooze during class, Repeat a school year, Drop out
・Economical aspect
Overspend, Defalcate parents credit cards
・Interpersonal aspect
Domestic violence, Strong language, Aggravation of friendship◎

The important thing is to talk and make rules at home about how to useinternets with children. It guards children from crimes, various cyber dangers, andbad effect of healthy daily life.

◎At the same time making meta-rules is important in case the children should
break the familial rule.
(The meta-rule is not just a penal rule. It’s the two-tiered rule system that theparents can put it in motion to let their children take their responsibility when
they break the familial rule. This system makes the rules more effective.)◎Please keep in mind that some doctors say that too much internet using as babysitting blocks the healthy growth of babies and toddlers.

[To the middle school and high school students]◎Mobile phones, smart phones and P/C(hereinafter collectively called the internet)
are very convenient and useful, but on the other hand, if you don’t use themproperly, they turn out to be tools which create adverse result against you and theothers.

◎The bad effects of internet addiction nowadays are following.
・Physical aspect
Low vision, Lack of exercise, Economy-class syndrome
・Mental aspect
Nowhere kids, Day-night reversal, Disorder of sleep

・Study aspect
Drop of score, Tardy, Snooze during class, Repeat a school year, Drop out
・Economical aspect
Overspend, Defalcate parents credit cards
・Interpersonal aspect
Domestic violence, Strong language, Aggravation of friendship◎Students must discuss about internet addiction thoroughly and make rules bythemselves, such as about the limit length of time to use the internet, about
improper usage. It prevents you from bad effects of internet addiction against yourhealthy daily life.

◎It’s very important to make familiar rules to use internet wisely. Students must
discuss about how to use it with their parents.

◎Now you students live a significant moment when you define your future, be sure
to live wonderful real lives using the internet properly. Never spoil your precious
moment by the internet addiction.