Smart Ways to Handle Internet Addiction in Kids

Even before the internet the first digital addiction in kids was definitely “game mania”. Now we have gaming on the web with sophisticated mobile device, and this movement is slowly waging war on the active life of our kids. According to the Japanese health ministry’s 2013 report based on questionnaires answered by 264 schools, there are over 515,000 students (both of junior and senior high grades) in the country who have ‘Internet dependency’.

Similarly, the 2013 policy statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on “Children, Adolescents, and the Media” has referred to the …read more