Many parents are starting to enroll their children in classes for social skills because they believe screen addictions cause them to lack the communication and social skills necessary to begin kindergarten.
A recent study suggests that adolescents with a large network of friendships on such social outlets as Facebook and Twitter cause them to be more apt to drink alcohol. Parents don’t deny the influence their children’s’ peers have on them, but they do wonder just how far their influence stretches.
Just how attached are you to technology? Does leaving your cell phone at home cause you to panic? How many text messages do you send/receive over the course of a day?
We all know habits are hard to break. As more people are becoming obsessed with checking their smartphones for updates, emails, and friend streams there is a concern that those habits can become addictive. In a recent report on Science Daily researchers shared their concerns about so-called "checking habits" of smartphone users throughout the waking [...]
The use of social media sites such as Facebook and MySpace are increasing problematic for many users. The nature of the sites, our access to them via many devices (PC’s, laptops, iPads, cellphone browsers, text messaging and email) are conducive to obsessiveness and compulsive use. Additionally, these sites offer a theoretically unlimited social access to an unlimited [...]
As the Internet becomes the center of many teens’ social life, research, and homework, some parents wonder whether time using it should be limited. Much of life is becoming focused on the use of the Internet, and determining how much is too much can be difficult. Teens can spend hours doing homework using the Internet, [...]
Internet addiction presents symptoms that look at lot like other types of addiction. Addicts get anxious when they’re not on the computer, they spend time engaging in Internet activities to the detriment of other areas of their lives, and they lose interest in other hobbies. When pathological Internet behavior gets out of control, academic or [...]
This idea of addiction is an interesting phenomenon. The reality is that one thing or one substance can take complete control over a person, dictating what they will do and when they will do it. And, while some addictions can be life-threatening, others just completely change their life.
They’re everywhere you look – millions of Americans, in fact – hooked on instantly communicating with their friends via social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon, Friendster, and others. Driver inattention while texting or sending messages to these sites causes untold numbers of accidents on the highway. Students furiously typing away [...]
While social media platforms have become a valuable tool in marketing and networking, some are finding they have a hard time if they need to step away from Facebook or Twitter for too long. Is it possible this platform has created a whole new type of addict? According to a Computer World piece, a new [...]
