Solving Internet Addiction by Doing Nothing?

     While I was in the middle of completing the Room For Debate assignment, I found an interesting article entitled Don't Limit Your Kid's Screen Time, by Chris Bergman.  While many of the other articles surrounding the issue of internet addiction either advocated a limit on screen time or blame strict parenting and a large amount of homework in schools, Bergman suggests that parents should not put a limit on screen time for their kids and doesn't even offer any other solution.  I was somewhat shocked when I first read this article, however, after putting some thought into this, I began to understand how restrictions on internet usage might actually be harmful.
     Screen time restrictions are meant to prevent internet addiction by using a form of schedule for screen time that only allows a small amount of time on the internet in order to promote moderation.  However, one problem with this is that these restrictions do not help kids learn to be responsible with time management since they are simply given random, arbitrary amounts of time and might not fit into everyone's schedule. For example, what if a kid was normally given two hours of screen time a day, which worked for their schedule at a young age when they had easy classes in school and no extracurricular activities, but starts taking high level classes which require more work and study time, but still blocks out two hours for using the internet.  That kid would probably begin to struggle in school because of a lack of an ability to adapt to different schedules.  This is because they would only know one set amount of time for internet usage and not truly understand time management.
     Furthermore, restrictions on screen time can cause kids to crave more screen time.  Since restrictions only allow for a certain amount of internet usage, kids will always want more screen time and will break any set restrictions any chance they get.  For example, Bergman mentions that he performed an experiment where he removed all internet restrictions for his kids and compared them to his nephew who was only allowed and hour a day online.  The result was that during family gatherings, Bergman's kids spent more time outside or socializing with family while his nephew was glued to his gaming devices.  This shows that restrictions only cause kids to crave more screen time and that they will eventually get bored and look to other hobbies to pass time.
     I would also like to mention that some screen time can even be beneficial.  For example, I have actually made friends because I used to play some of the same games that they enjoyed.  Such screen time can create common interests between people that can lead to friendships, which restrictions on screen time would prevent.
     Personally, I feel that internet restrictions are harmful because they only seem to make kids crave more screen time and fail to teach time management.  Do you agree with this? Do you think that screen time restrictions are beneficial and disagree with this?  I would be interested to know what you all think.