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Apps these days are purposefully design to be as addictive as possible. I wouldn't give my kid unlimited access to screens for the same reason I wouldn't give m
by briga 9y ago
Apps these days are purposefully design to be as addictive as possible. I wouldn't give my kid unlimited access to screens for the same reason I wouldn't give my kid unlimited access to candy or coffee or cocaine. Should we really encourage letting our children spend the most impressionable years of their lives in front of a screen? Playing computer games might stimulate a kid's brain to some extent, but a developing brain also needs physical activity. It's really not hard to see why ADHD is so prevalent in kids today. Non-stop instant gratification entertainment has a cost.
- NathanKP 9y agoIf I understood the point of the article correctly the author addressed this pretty well. Just like candy store employees were too sick of candy to bother stealing candy, the kids who are raised in an electronic environment are also desensitized to the addictive strategies. People used to fear that the TV was going to be so addictive, but instead the generation that grew up with TV and was supposed to be so addicted to it never got addicted. Instead it's their parents and grandparents that have the TV playing at all times in the house. Maybe you don't get addicted to tech that you grow up with because its just normal and routine. But its the previous generation that gets hooked and projects their fear.