I’m Addicted to the Internet Recent reports indicate that about 80% of households have high-speed internet connections and that the average adult spends about ½ their entire day interacting with media. About 61% of Generation z (birth years in the 1990’s to early 2000’s) spend 5-10 hrs per day on Read more…
If your son is addicted to video games or their phone, or uses them excessively, here is some information that can help you determine if you should get help for them. Overuse and Addiction to video games has increased over the last twenty years as games have become more immersive Read more…
When video games start to take over a child’s life it is time to intervene and create a path to restore normalcy in their life. Parents play a critical role in designing and implementing controls to help regain normalcy. To start this process, the child must first have the capacity Read more…
We can all agree that too much of anything can be a bad thing. In this article, I want to mention a few extreme cases of unhealthy game play and then end by highlighting some ways to create balance and improve health. People die while playing video games. People die Read more…
The Red Socks Fortnite Problem: what can it teach about the healthy use of video games. May 1st, 2018 the website boston.com published a piece entitled “‘You can’t be losing and playing Fortnite : The Red Sox reportedly banned the video game from the clubhouse”. Well, that story has been Read more…
When an adult or child starts playing excessively, they may develop many traits that look like depression including: Isolating themself to their room Becoming irritated easily Loss of friends Problems sleeping Physical deconditioning including weight gain or weight loss During excessive and problematic video game play, people may also start Read more…
Back in 2016 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced all new recommendations for children’s media use. For children under 18 months, the recommendation is no use of games apart from chatting with relatives over video chat. For ages 18-24 months, the AAP reported that digital media use should be Read more…
The most general approach to treating children as well as adults that are addicted to video games is to use multiple techniques/strategies. If left untreated, conditions such as depression, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may make video game addiction more difficult to treat. Therapy and medications to treat any Read more…