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What’s the Problem with Technology ?
The Mis-Information Highway
Multiple avenues of influence
Dissemination of information without any filters or value system
Set up for impulsivity (phone and texting)
Loss of non-verbal cues in communication
UCLA Study 2008: 90% of communication is non-verbal.
Research shows that kids aged 8 to 18 spend, on average, 11.5 hours per day engaging with and through digital technology.
Since most kids are awake for only 15 or 16 hours per day, somewhere between 71 and 76 percent of their waking hours are digital.
Another study finds that children aged 12 to 17 send an average of 60 texts per day, with kids aged 14 to 17 whipping off nearly 100 texts per day.
Most tellingly, this study tells us that texting is now the primary mode of communication between teens and their friends and family, far surpassing face-to-face interactions.
Your Kids and Technology
Depth of Dilemma with Technology
Today’s texting and instant connection with phone, internet and IM does not allow for process time or perspective.
Immediate unfiltered reactive conversations without any time to think through events for an adolescent already with impulse control issues, adds to the complexity of decision making for this generation.
Taking images and messages out of context can lead to aggression and depression.
Desensitizing Culture
Language / terms Bullying / foul language Images (Body Image, even in males) Video (Pornography) Gaming (Violence) Exposure to multiple media stimuliLack of depth in developmental
conversational pieces
Communication and Technology
Fragmented language leads to fragmented relationships
Lack of healthy relationships decreases social support
Language is changing and lowering standards; disjointed incomplete phrases accepted as relationships; does not develop supportive relationships.
Modeling behavior and social cues are lost
Updates
244 million American Internet users in 2012
38 million User-generated reviews on Yelp
150 Times per day mobile phone users checks their devices
100 Hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute
88% Share of American-made mobile operating systems
Video games 10. 5 million year industry
Average age of gamer… 34 !
Desensitizing Culture
Language / terms Bullying / foul language Images (Body Image, even in males) Video (Pornography) Gaming (Violence) Exposure to multiple media stimuliLack of depth in developmental
conversational pieces
Correlation of Technology and Mental Health
Shaming, verbal abuse and derogative statements on a public level
Abandonment on a public level
Potential of re- trauma of events
Potential for obsessive relationships
Importance of status update
Principle of exaggeration
Impact of Technology on Substance Abuse
The Internet is the new drug dealer: Access
Medication’s without prescription sites: Affordability
Adolescents have more research and language to walk into a PCP or a psychiatrist and say the “right thing” to get the prescription they want.
Blog sites and uncensored information: Anonymity
Glorification of drug use and lifestyle
Texting and instant connections
Symptoms of problematic relationship with technology :
Failed attempts to control behavior
Heightened sense of euphoria while involved in computer and Internet activities
Neglecting friends and family
Neglecting sleep to stay online
Feeling guilty, ashamed, anxious, or depressed as a result of online behavior
Physical changes such as weight gain or loss, backaches, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome
Withdrawing from other pleasurable activities
Parent messages on social media
Parents are a thousand school teachers
What message are you sending your kids?
How are you conducting yourself around your family with technology?
Do you have family rules or expectations around technology?
Do you talk with your kids about it?
Interventions for parents Communication communication communication
Listening, how do you pay attention
Read signs they may not be ready to talk
“life is a marathon”.. Pace yourself in communication especially with sensitive issues
Regulate your own anxiety (try not to overreact)
Follow through with what you say and how you expect them to live… Kids watch what you do more that what is said
More interventions around Technology
Create technology free time. Family events that do not need any technology.
Live by example and put down your phones and look at your kids….
Attachment theory and importance of feeling emotionally supported is vital part of development
Accepting Technology is here it’s how it’s used (avoiding being a fuddy-duddy about it )