Many children have access to the Internet and are able to search for anything on Google. As with any type of media, there are positive effects and negative effects. Some of the negative effects of the Internet on children are that because children and adolescents are more or less technologically savvy than their parents, they are able to search almost anything and talk to anyone on the Internet, this can lead to some very dangerous situations. According to the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, “89% of teens report using a computer, 61% report “surfing the web,” and 14% report seeing something they don't want their parents know. " (Villani, 2001) 14% of teenagers reported seeing something they didn't want their parents to know, this shows how out of control the Internet is and shows how the Internet can lead teenagers to become secretive and, perhaps, even Once again, this leads to deviant behaviors that the child learned from the Internet. Furthermore, according to the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, “… a profile of recent school killers, found that almost all were. computer experts and frequented sites where they could obtain violent and anarchist-oriented material.” (Villani, 2001) This shows that websites that contain violent material on the site