Digital Distraction and Its Impact on Families

How We Can Achieve Balance in a Digital Age

“The Internet is the world’s largest Slot Machine” – Dr. David Greenfield

Dr. David Greenfield

Founder and CMO, The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, School of Medicine

Tired of fighting with your kids about Fortnite?
Are your devices keeping you up at night?
Struggling to have dinner without Smartphones?
Do you feel like everyone on social media has a better life than you?
Would you like to know how to make simple changes so your entire family can use screens less?

“We’re never going to get to a place where we don’t use technology again—those days are gone.”

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EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS FOR PARENTS

In this 90-minute educational presentation by Dr. David Greenfield, the founder of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, parents will gain an understanding of what healthy digital screen use is and when this use may cross into overuse or even addiction. In this stimulating workshop, Dr. Greenfield will introduce you to the history of the Internet, guide you through the startling statistics of today’s screen use, and show how you and your family can use the Internet in a more healthy, balanced and sustainable way.

Parents will learn how important their own Internet behavior is when dealing with their children’s use. Dr. Greenfield also discusses issues that result from Internet overuse, including decreased productivity, delayed launching, impaired attention span, inability to delay gratification and explains why adolescents are more susceptible to addiction. He discusses reasons why the Internet and Smartphones are so appealing and are essentially digital slot machines that keep you captivated and controlled. Perhaps most importantly, Dr. Greenfield offers simple solutions and suggestions on how to build credibility with your children and how to create a Family Tech Plan that we call Tech Rx.

As a parent or caregiver, watch Digital Distraction and Its Impact on Families to learn:

The difference between normal use and abuse of the Internet and ways you can help your family manage their use
How disturbing changes in adolescents since 2010, including higher levels of disenfranchisement, loneliness, depression, correlates with Smartphone adoption
The implications of distracted driving amongst teens
The problems caused by Internet overuse
The neurological and neurobiological reasons why adolescents’ brains are more susceptible to Tech Rx: Solutions and suggestions
How to create a Family Tech Plan to create balanced living

“About 25% of most people that use a Smartphone meet the criteria for addiction to it.”

“Increased Facebook use actually decreases happiness.”

If you have found yourself struggling with how to handle your children’s screen use, this lively one-hour presentation along with Q&A will leave you informed and hopeful with regard to today’s digital dependency that we all have on our screens.
Download your copy of “Digital Distraction and Its Impact on Families: How We Can Achieve Balance in a Digital Age.”

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