In optimizing counseling and support services for excessive or pathological computer and internet use, identifying at-risk groups is significant. Ulrike Braun consolidates empirical findings on this phenomenon and highlights the particularities of adolescence. She discusses the importance of socioeconomic status, family climate, and parental employment status for the development of adolescents and their media consumption from a socialization theory, psychological, and educational perspective. Through a quantitative secondary analysis of representative data, she examines the influence of these factors on addictive-like internet use and parental media education, establishing relationships between them. Based on this, she formulates points of connection for prevention and intervention.