From addiction expert Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, a startling argument that technology has profoundly affected the brains of children―and not for the better. We’ve all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friends' houses―and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing faces―the Glow Kids―are multiplying. But at what cost? Is this just a harmless indulgence or fad like some sort of digital hula-hoop? Some say that glowing screens might even be good for kids―a form of interactive educational tool. Don’t believe it. In Glow Kids , Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology―more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity―has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain’s pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of cl...
I found this book very alarming. I believe every word. I have actually spoken to my daughter about this issue as she now has an 11 month old baby. Clearly, some of the examples offered in the book are the extreme and the behaviors likely fueled by a propensity to addiction in the first place. However, my own observations regarding students and adults confirm that screen addiction can be detrimental to one's physical and mental well-being as well as any kind of socialization between individuals.
ReplyDeleteI have observed babies playing with cell phones. They are emulating their parents, the parents hand it to them to keep them busy. It frightens me to see a generation of people who must constantly be entertained.
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