teens

It’s Not Them, It’s Us: The Real Reason Teens Are ‘Addicted’ to Video Games | Keith Stuart and Keza MacDonald

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OOn Sunday, the Observer magazine published a sensitive piece on video game addiction, featuring therapists working in the sector and a family affected. True, compulsive, life-altering addiction, whether to video games or otherwise, is of course devastating for those affected. Since the WHO classified gaming addiction as a specific disorder (separate from technology addiction) in … Read more

‘You have to be there when they talk to you’: How teens influence working parents

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Motherly responsibilities have forced Katy Hewin to take a step back in her career at asset manager Janus Henderson. The single mother has not only juggled bath time and weaning with her job as a business manager, but has supported her son through his recent A-levels and her teenage daughter. “I always think, ‘bigger kids, … Read more

Parents need to address sexual asphyxiation with their teens now.

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Add sexual strangulation to the list of all the things you wish you never had to talk to your teenage child about, but probably should. Known as ‘choking’, in heterosexual encounters it is when one partner (usually a man) wraps his hands around the throat of his partner (usually a woman) and squeezes, restricting blood … Read more

What happened when 10 teens gave up their smartphones? – BBC news

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Image source, BBC News/Kristian Johnson Image caption, Will is worried about having to spend five days without internet, with only a ‘brick phone’ As part of a five-day digital detox, ten teenagers from Salford have swapped their devices for basic phones that only allow calling and texting. How did they fare? Will regularly stares at … Read more

Adults and teens choose dumbphones to curb social media addiction – BBC News

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Image source, Getty Images Item information Author, Emma Vardy Role, LA Correspondent, BBC News 2 hours ago Adults and teens concerned about their screen time are turning in their smartphones for “dumb” models. Hidden in the settings of many smartphones is the option to look up how much you stare at your phone on average … Read more