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Child Mind Institute: Is Internet Addiction Real?: https://childmind.org/article/is-internet-addiction-real/

When people see children and young adults always on their phones and disregarding the world around them, it is hard to tell if children are fully addicted to their phones or just doing it because everyone around them does it. With the word addicted, it might be used as a form to scare children so they get off of the internet and socialize with the people around them.

The Child Mind Institute did a study to see if children and young adults are actually addicted to the internet. A neuropsychologist, Dr. Matthew Cruger talks about the behavior that is being shown is not a cause of addiction. He states that "with addiction you have a chemical that changes the way we respond" (Miller, C., & Child Mind Institute). He then talks about screen time addiction and how "we don't need more and more screen time in order to be able to function" (Miller, C., & Child Mind Institute). Within the internet there is more of a sense of addict behavior, but technically there has not been a release of "internet addiction" specifically.


Miller, C., & Child Mind Institute. (n.d.). Is Internet Addiction Real? Retrieved from https://childmind.org/article/is-internet-addiction-real/



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