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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021

Tech Addict

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Can your kids be addicted to technology?

Tech Addict

Most definitely! And there’s a chemical involved.

A Chemical Addiction

If your child seems to be addicted to video games or the internet, know that about 10% of people, including kids, are predisposed to chemical addiction in one form or the other. And don’t think that technology addiction isn’t a chemical addiction.

The chemical is dopamine and it can very much so be triggered by Junior’s unfettered technology habits. The key is making sure that your child is regularly and properly engaging in healthy face-to-face connections with other people.

We see this happening at Shepherd’s Hill Academy all the time. Once tech-addicted kids find real-life interactions to be more satisfying and rewarding than screens and keyboards, their virtual appetites begin to become secondary to actual ones.

It may not be easy, but we parents have to initiate this.

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I am the Founder of Shepherd’s Hill Academy, a Christ-Centered, nature-based, therapeutic boarding school, the Host of License to Parent, and the Author of the book “The Miracles of Shepherd’s Hill:  An Extraordinary Odyssey of Divine Interventions.”  The environment at Shepherd’s Hill Academy is intentionally designed to provide a rich, discipleship-focused atmosphere that promotes physical, emotional, and spiritual health and healing to troubled teenager and their families.  Learn More

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