Stuck in a Glass Elevator

Preparing the Future Generations to be useless networking teenage freaks. That is my title. Also, that is waht websites like webkinz, and Club Penguin are doing to the 8-12 year old age group right now. I happen to know this because my sister goes on both. It seems like these websites get addicting, just like Facebook, and myspace do for us. Except, with webkinz, you need to buy the stuffed animals to play on the website, and on Club Penguin, you need to pay monthly fees to get all the features. Is ths a sign? Is this saying that in the future, networking sites will cost $$$$$? I hope not.