Limiting Online Gaming
Due to the fact that online gaming is a relatively recent phenomenon, research into the effects of online gaming on children and teens is still in its infancy. But experts are now suggesting that anecdotal evidence points to a thirty…
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Raising Internet Zombies
“Papa. Are Zombies real?” That’s a question my young grandson asked me after seeing a TV commercial for a movie about these mythological undead corpses we’re told walk the earth. While I assured him that “No, Zombies are not real”,…
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Can Kids Live without YouTube
I don’t know about you, but I’ve found YouTube to be a very helpful resource as I try to figure out how fix things around the house. In recent weeks I’ve used YouTube to help me change out the carburetor…
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Teen Smartphone Addiction
Ever since the smartphone became a standard accessory and even an appendage much like our arms and legs, experts have debated whether or not people can become addicted to their digital devices. The research evidence is quickly accumulating that says…
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Episode 150: “Digital Distraction” a Youth Worker Panel Discussion
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Rachel Hamming Rachel’s Pastoral Letter to Her Students… Levi Mohr (RockPointe…
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Some Surprising Facts on Smartphone Use
Sometimes I think that just hearing and considering some of the statistics on our smartphone use and dependence will cause us to sit up, take notice, and peel back from our growing dependence on our electronic devices. Knowing these facts…
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Screentime and Addiction
We believe that it’s only a matter of time until habitual smartphone use is listed officially as an addiction in the mental health community. One reason for this is that we know, anecdotally, that all of us who are smartphone…
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Doomscrolling
Way back in the 1970s media critic George Gerbner coined the term mean-world syndrome. In his research, Gerbner was finding that viewers who were exposed to a growing amount of violent television content were more apt to experience an increased…
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