Internet Becomes Part of Nuclear Family

By Alicia Dorr in News on Mar 1, 2006 9:51PM

In another move leading us into the glorious future where we'll never have to actually interact with real people, several states are looking to implement "virtual" visitation for divorced families.

Basically, a spouse who lives far away from his or her children can "see" them via the Internet every day. Utah has already made the practice an official option for families, Wisconsin is on its way, and now Illinois is among three others taking the online challenge. According to state rep Ruth Munson, who submitted the bill in Illinois, "A telephone can only go so far." And, apparently, same goes for the parents.

For some, this may be the perfect way to connect over hundreds of miles, but we still can't help but think webcams are creepy. Aside from that, we feel the picture on this advocacy website sums up anything else that might be creepy about the whole thing. In the meantime, we'll sit back and ponder things people thought were a good idea during our dysfunctional childhoods.