People can get addicted to a lot of things, and while most addictions are harmless, there are some that only appear harmless at first but present grave consequences later on. This is particularly apparent when children get addicted to things at an early age. Almost any activity can be addiction, but the main thing here is to maintain moderation when it comes to anything.
This article will be discussing irritability as a sign and symptoms that show that your child is addicted to a very popular gadget nowadays: the iPad.
Don’t get me wrong: the iPad is definitely a great invention of our time. It’s an intuitive invention that has people from all walks of life easily appreciating technology. The effect of the iPad or the tablet in general is amazing—particularly in the people with learning disabilities of the geriatric with technophobic issues. It’s also a terrific educatioinal tool.
However if it’s a child were talking about, the iPad may stop being an educational tool and start becoming a fix. A third of the child population are using tablets such as the iPad before they start learning how to talk so you can say these gadgets have the role of bringing up these post-millenial children. An increase in the consumption of these gadgets is correlated by various studies to the rise in addiction rates, and alarmingly a good percent of those who are hooked are children. The rise in gadgets is being attributed to the rise in technology addiction,
Sleeping and eating patterns change in addicted children, and various behaviours—not many that are desirable occur in these children. Is your child addicted to the iPad? Here are some signs to see if they are having a hard time letting go of their Apple.
The statistics used to say that children have become addicted to television—most children aged 2 and below spend an average of two hours a day in front of the television. While the addiction to screen based entertainment still persists today it has now evolved into the addiction to the tablet which is definitely more accessible to the child. Suddenly there is no remote control for parents to readily switch of the child’s source of addition. There is no main electrical switch that can disable the gadget as it can run for hours and hours.
Today tablets rule the land of child entertainment; they’re used as pacifiers. London-based Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr Richard Graham and Clinical Psychologist Dr Jay Watts have undertaken a study that says that overuse of such gadgets tend to affect a child’s behavior, particularly their sleeping and eating patterns. Number one in symptoms is irritability.
Children are easily irritated and angry, especially when they are made to withdraw from their use of technology. This means that the child has less time forming relationships with the people around him or her which also means that their ability to adjust to situations is impaired mainly because they prefer relationships that they can control. This is of course obvious with the use of the iPad where, with a flick of the finger or they are they can make things happen according to their design or simply dismiss something they cannot deal with. Irritability when things do not go their way is a sure sign that they are addicted.
'When people feel an uncomfortable sense of withdrawal when not online, we know that the relationship with technology is not being managed properly,' says Dr Graham from the Capio Nightingale Hospital, a mental health hospital based in central London.
This is not a far cry from the kind of relationship building adults indulge in through social media. While people seem to believe that talks over chat or Skype already count as social experiences, the main difference is subtle yet significant. In a chatroom, one has control over what they say, how they look and how long they can reply. They can withdraw easily when the situation gets uncomfortable. This is wholly unlike talking to someone face to face because the two people talking are forced to adjust to anything the other person says in real time, something that netizens and the millennial age group find terribly stressful.
Dr Watts added: 'Parents today often struggle with understanding how crucial social media is to children today; the modern day playground is virtual.'
This article will be discussing irritability as a sign and symptoms that show that your child is addicted to a very popular gadget nowadays: the iPad.
Don’t get me wrong: the iPad is definitely a great invention of our time. It’s an intuitive invention that has people from all walks of life easily appreciating technology. The effect of the iPad or the tablet in general is amazing—particularly in the people with learning disabilities of the geriatric with technophobic issues. It’s also a terrific educatioinal tool.
However if it’s a child were talking about, the iPad may stop being an educational tool and start becoming a fix. A third of the child population are using tablets such as the iPad before they start learning how to talk so you can say these gadgets have the role of bringing up these post-millenial children. An increase in the consumption of these gadgets is correlated by various studies to the rise in addiction rates, and alarmingly a good percent of those who are hooked are children. The rise in gadgets is being attributed to the rise in technology addiction,
Sleeping and eating patterns change in addicted children, and various behaviours—not many that are desirable occur in these children. Is your child addicted to the iPad? Here are some signs to see if they are having a hard time letting go of their Apple.
The statistics used to say that children have become addicted to television—most children aged 2 and below spend an average of two hours a day in front of the television. While the addiction to screen based entertainment still persists today it has now evolved into the addiction to the tablet which is definitely more accessible to the child. Suddenly there is no remote control for parents to readily switch of the child’s source of addition. There is no main electrical switch that can disable the gadget as it can run for hours and hours.
Today tablets rule the land of child entertainment; they’re used as pacifiers. London-based Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr Richard Graham and Clinical Psychologist Dr Jay Watts have undertaken a study that says that overuse of such gadgets tend to affect a child’s behavior, particularly their sleeping and eating patterns. Number one in symptoms is irritability.
Children are easily irritated and angry, especially when they are made to withdraw from their use of technology. This means that the child has less time forming relationships with the people around him or her which also means that their ability to adjust to situations is impaired mainly because they prefer relationships that they can control. This is of course obvious with the use of the iPad where, with a flick of the finger or they are they can make things happen according to their design or simply dismiss something they cannot deal with. Irritability when things do not go their way is a sure sign that they are addicted.
'When people feel an uncomfortable sense of withdrawal when not online, we know that the relationship with technology is not being managed properly,' says Dr Graham from the Capio Nightingale Hospital, a mental health hospital based in central London.
This is not a far cry from the kind of relationship building adults indulge in through social media. While people seem to believe that talks over chat or Skype already count as social experiences, the main difference is subtle yet significant. In a chatroom, one has control over what they say, how they look and how long they can reply. They can withdraw easily when the situation gets uncomfortable. This is wholly unlike talking to someone face to face because the two people talking are forced to adjust to anything the other person says in real time, something that netizens and the millennial age group find terribly stressful.
Dr Watts added: 'Parents today often struggle with understanding how crucial social media is to children today; the modern day playground is virtual.'
