Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids – and How to Break the Trance
Description
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 clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders
like ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, increased aggression, and even
psychosis. Most shocking of all, recent brain imaging studies conclusively
show that excessive screen exposure can neurologically damage a young person’s
developing brain in the same way that cocaine addiction can. Kardaras will
dive into the sociological, psychological, cultural, and economic factors
involved in the global tech epidemic with one major goal: to explore the
effect all of our wonderful shiny new technology is having on kids. Glow Kids
also includes an opt-out letter and a “quiz” for parents in the back of the
book. Read more
Features:
Product Details:
- Publisher : St. Martin's Press (August 9, 2016)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1250097991
- ISBN-13 : 96
- Item Weight : 1.05 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.37 x 1.06 x 9.59 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #88,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #96 in Medical Child Psychology #174 in Popular Child Psychology #176 in Substance Abuse Recovery
- #96 in Medical Child Psychology
- #174 in Popular Child Psychology
| Dimensions | 9.4 × 6.5 × 1.3 in |
|---|---|
| Ean | 9781250097996 |
| Mpn | 24465736 |
| GTIN | 09781250097996 |
| Isbn | 1250097991 |
| ISBN10 | 1250097991 |
| ISBN13 | 9781250097996 |
| Upc | Does not apply |
| Brand | St. Martin's Press |
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