Reblogged from Well Child Chats:
When you think about the word “addiction”, people often associate it with the likes of drugs, alcohol, or gambling.
However, in this growing culture of television, computers, and media, we as parents also need to look out for more insidious habits.
Internet and video game addiction is becoming a reality amongst pre-teens and adolescents. A survey done in 2009 of 1000 children ranging from 8 to 18 years old suggested that 8.6% of video gamers should be considered “pathological players” based on criteria used to determine pathological gambling.
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