It is the myth of multitasking: When we do more, rapidly switching from one task to another, we are actually being less efficient, less accurate, less able to manage complexity and less able to recall the content of what we have been doing compared to individuals who focus on one task at a time.
How bad is incessant video gaming? It’s all about duration and intensity. There are studies out that talk about medium and long term changes to the brain from these actions. More so, when combined with multi-tasking (texting, bbm-ing, facebook, watching a movie at the same time) the grey-matter in your child’s noggin is being trained to be three miles wide and one inch deep.
What can parents do in the December holidays to stop the self-denial trends that their teens and young adults seem to wallow in and offer these children a chance for turning their lives around in the new year.
A recent study at Indiana University showed a direct relationship between playing violent video games incessantly over an extended period of time and a subsequent change in brain regions associated with cognitive function and emotional control.
There is an epidemic going on right now in the 21st century. With all of our access to the sum total of the knowledge of the world, we remain mired in the muck of the mundane. We are expected to be “on” 18 hours a day and yet the amount of plugged-in young people tuning out and dropping out these days out is staggering.
So many young people today have too many temptations at their fingertips. Does that put them in danger? No.
No one sign is cause for alarm but put a few of them together and you are heading into “Skeeter territory”. This article is designed to show you the danger signs and help you steer clear of a total meltdown which could end up in school failures or much worse.
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