Your kid's tantrum might actually be screen time withdrawal

By Healthshare
June 25 2019 - 7:30am
These kids are addicted to [screens] and the behavioural aggression is often a response to having the addiction withdrawal when time's up.
These kids are addicted to [screens] and the behavioural aggression is often a response to having the addiction withdrawal when time's up.

Screen time withdrawal in children can be seen in acts of behavioural outbursts such as tears, tantrums and aggression when things don't go their way. Internet addiction disorder is well on its way to being recognised as a clinical diagnosis and doctors are seeing the effects in children who spend excessive amounts of time using screens.

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