Glow kids: how screen addiction is hijacking our kids--and how to break the trance [First edition] 9781250098009, 1250098009

We’ve all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friends' ho

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Table of contents :
Introduction: The trouble with tech --
Invasion of the glow kids --
Brave new e-world --
Digital drugs and the brain --
Interview with Dr. Doan: neuroscientist and recovering video gamer --
The big disconnect: texting and social media --
Clinical disorders and the glow kids effect --
Monkey see, monkey do: mass media effects --
Video games and aggression: the research --
Ripped from the headlines: real cases of video game--influenced violence --
The Newtown massacre: video game psychosis --
Etan Patz and the end of innocence--
and outdoor play --
Follow the money: screens and the educational industrial complex --
It's an e-world --
The solution: escaping Plato's e-cave --
Appendix: does my child have a screen or tech addiction problem?.

Glow kids: how screen addiction is hijacking our kids--and how to break the trance [First edition]
 9781250098009, 1250098009

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