What the Experts Say II

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Internet Addiction Disorder: What Can Parents Do For Their Child?: https://www.webroot.com/ca/en/resources/tips-articles/internet-addiction-what-can-parents-do

Webroot talks about how parents are concerned with the amount of time their children are spending on their mobile devices or computers. A study showed that children are using almost 45 hours on their tablets, phones, or computers weekly. This is absolutely concerning. In this study Dr. Douglas Gentile stats that "almost one out of every ten youth gamers shows enough symptoms of damage to their school, family, and psychological functioning to merit serious concern" (Internet Addiction Disorder: What Can.). There has been a lot of warning signs from children all over the world from losing track of time, becoming angry and frustrated quickly, would rather spend time online than with their friends and family in real life, or becomes depressed when not using technology. There is a huge emotional downside to over use of technology and it is showing in children all across the world. Webroot has come up with a few solutions for over use of the internet and those solutions are: addressing the problem at hand, have parents show that they care, have more knowledge when it comes to computers, and set boundaries and rules.

Internet Addiction Disorder: What Can. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.webroot.com/ca/en/resources/tips-articles/internet-addiction-what-can-parents-do

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  1. True InfluencersMay 10, 2020 at 8:06 AM

    I liked the part of the possible solutions, however, i would not personally agree with them. On my opinion, I would say that setting boundaries and rules might in reverse increase greater aggressive behavior and unpleasant behavior due to the rebellious habit of children at the certain age. But i believe there are other possible solutions to this.

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