Toddlers becoming so addicted to iPads
By iluvusabado
@iluvusabado (2560)
Philippines
April 30, 2013 7:42am CST
Experts have warned that parents who allow babies and toddlers to access tablet computers for several hours a day are in danger of causing “dangerous” long term effects.
The youngest known patient being treated in the UK is a four-year-old girl from the South East. Her parents enrolled her for compulsive behaviour therapy after she became increasingly “distressed and inconsolable” when the iPad was taken away from her.
Dr Graham said that young technology addicts experienced the same withdrawal symptoms as alcoholics or heroin addicts, when the devices were taken away.
He warned that the condition prevented young people from forming normal social relationships, leaving them drained by the constant interaction.
Source: http://goo.gl/3u0Tc
this is really true. kids are so addicted to technology that they can't differentiate the ipad world from reality. i think parents should be able to control the kids' time with playing with their tablets before they get too addicted to it like in the article.
7 responses
@watchamacallitz (1171)
• Philippines
1 May 13
This is so true! My 2 year old son loves to play with the iphone and our tablet that he'll cry if you take it away from him! Thank God, since he has learned how to play with other kids, he has slowly forgotten and grew tired of the iphone and the tablet.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
1 May 13
While I know that there are certain apps which might help ion the mental development of these kids, I am not in favor of how that would be just spending such time with the ipads and not know how things really are.
I saw a video of one of my classmates daughter and was actually swiping the table thinking that everything else needs to be swiped in order to see something.
@dreamhome (558)
• India
1 May 13
I too have seen few kids who are overly addicted to the technology. Kids sitting all the time with the playstation and the xbox have worried me a lot. My niece fall into this category. And I always feel that they are loosing lot many things in their life.
@fatimaobien (156)
• Philippines
1 May 13
I believe that adults are the end-results of their parent's training and principles in life. The kid next door grew obesely because when he is small, his parents fed him burgers, hotdog, pizza, colas 5x a day. And now, he is uncontrollable. He can eat 3 big burgers with oversize fries and cola. I think if young parents are matured enough to raise a family, then we will have less troubled kid in the community.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
30 Apr 13
My 1 year old niece is already addicted to zombie crusher, ant crusher,temple run and fruit ninja. Its not my fault though, Its my sister's fault as she is the mother, I can say its my brother in law's fault as well as he is the father. They use the Ipad to stop the baby from crying. on the bright side the child may develop a better hand and eye coordination.
