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?.