My daughter of eight asked my father a couple of months ago the following question: "grandad, how old was daddy when you gave him his first mobile phone?" He smiled and told her "your father was old enough to buy one".

Just to illustrate that the next generation can't imagine life without internet, mobile phones, etc. Simply because they haven't experienced it. While they grow up, it is there and a part of their lives.

As far as keeping distance between real life and internet, it all depends what you teach your children. My daughter knows there are good things and bad things on internet. And for now, she listens and asks if she can play (innocent) Barbie-like games. But there will come a time when she will be questioning why we won't allow certain things. That too is part of life and the fate of parents.

But I like to think positively on this subject. Not because she is very intelligent (this year it was ascertained that she has an IQ of 164), but because we are open on what can happen. And I believe that being open is the key.