Richard Graham, a British doctor, has started a program to help minors “hooked” on new technologies.. The surprising thing about all this is that the youngest person in his program adds only four years and shows some of the symptoms that can be experienced with the withdrawal syndrome to certain drugs, only that the drug, this time, is a iPad. We give you the details of the case.
A very important aspect to bear in mind about technological devices intended for the leisure y entertainmentAmong many other things, it is the addiction that it can cause in the user. The issue becomes especially serious when addictive behaviors are manifested in minors, always vulnerable and without the ability to self-control o reasoning sufficiently developed to realize the harmfulness of certain behaviors. The extreme case, as we say, is embodied by this four-year-old girl who is currently in detoxification therapy.
The truth is that the iPad and the other tablets can be educational tools particularly efficient. It has been shown that when children learn by playing and not feeling obliged, they have an infinitely greater predisposition. That's why there are so many applications learning oriented which may turn out to be a successful complement to the more classical education. However, we already know that virtue is in the middle, and an overexposure without limits or guidelines can make the little ones end up hooked in an insane way. Which is logical since it also happens with adults.
En CNET explain that the 4-year-old girl played with the iPad about 4 hours a day, a crazy amount of time if we consider that most minors are awake for approximately 10 hours, which is almost half of their time. According to Dr. Graham, the young woman asked her parents for the iPad compulsively and reacted with tantrums and uncontrollable, unusual behavior when removed.