View From The Bay ABC 7 -Kids and technology -- when is it too much? 

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This is the wrong moment to get rid of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (N.P.D.). To obliterate the line between pathological self-absorption and its healthier, more transient counterpart self-expression at a time when our identities have gone digital abandons the cultural moment and paints psychiatrists and psychotherapists as unwilling to come into the 21st century. In the days of social networks, multiplayer video games and online worlds never has there been a more important time for the mental health community to be deeply engaged in describing the continuum of narcissism.

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myPad or yourPad? What to do When the Whole Family Screams for iPad 

Maybe instead of wondering if the iPad will change the world, we should focus on how it might change our households. Families are already reeling from the changes brought on by new technologies and the ways they have impacted our sense of privacy, manners and even the basic ways we communicate and interact. If the iPad does go from "the gadget that everyone wants but no one needs," to "the device that we depend on to make our lives run smoothly," here are some thoughts on what this might mean for families.

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