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Addictions & Drug Use
Clinical Relevance of the Proposed Sexual Addiction Diagnostic Criteria: Relation to the Sexual Addiction Screening Test-Revised.
By Patrick J Carnes, Tiffany A Hopkins, Bradley A Green Journal of Addiction Medicine (Impact Factor: 1.73). 10/2014
The present article examines and compares the various diagnostic rubrics proposed to codify symptoms of sexual addiction, and then briefly summarizes the ongoing controversy on whether sexual addiction is a valid construct.
Group helps parents, kids handle video games
By Elisabeth Arriero September 30, 2014
Melanie Hempe and Andrew Doan launched Real Battle Ministries, a nonprofit organization that educates parents on the effect of children's over-consumption of electronic media. From that, Hempe established the local organization Moms Managing Media.
Suffering from Smartphone Addiction? Try a NoPhone.
Makers of the noPhone ingeniously came up with a way to overcome nomophobia. Detoxing & Unplugging At What Age Should We Put Kids on a Digital Media Diet? By Natalia Kucirkova, The Open University October 25, 2014 A recent New York Times article points to a glaring inconsistency between the amount of "screen time" toddlers have using tablets, phones and computers - and the advice of many early years specialists. Child Development Are Kids Forgetting How to Play? Lack of unstructured outdoor play is affecting children's development, says expert By Justina Reichel, Epoch Times January 29, 2014 Combine social media with TV, video games, and smartphones, and screen time is replacing human time more than ever. It may take a village to raise a child, but that village, increasingly digitized, is vanishing. Childhood Disability Exercise Can Be an ADHD Medication By Dr. Mercola October 17, 2014 Recently reported, new research suggests "exercise is ADHD medication,"1 and should be "prescribed" to any child who's struggling to maintain focus and resist distractions at school (or elsewhere). Why French Kids Don't Have ADHD French children don't need medications to control their behavior.
Published on March 8, 2012 by Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D. in Suffer the Children
In the United States, at least 9% of school-aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications. In France, the percentage of kids diagnosed and medicated for ADHD is less than .5%. How come the epidemic of ADHD-which has become firmly established in the United States-has almost completely passed over children in France?. Education Technology Los Angeles Unified School District Accommodates Teacher Who Fell Ill After Wireless Installation Students were bleeding from the ears and nose and no incident reports were allowed by the school states the teacher who required medical intervention. Publsihed on PRLog October 10, 2014
On September 18, 2014, LAUSD, the second largest public school district in the US, officially accommodated teacher Ms. Anura Lawson by approving her request to have the Wi-Fi turned off in her classroom during the 2014-2015 school year and alternatively approving a reassignment to a different school site where Wi-Fi has yet to be installed. Social Media & Mobile Technology 5 Tips to Protect Your Child from Digital Dangers By Ben Halpert | October 23, 2014 What happens if you teach your child about security, privacy, empathy, bully response, screen-time balance, and other aspects of cyber ethics starting at three years old? Seniors citizens flock to Facebook By Jessica Contrera October 23, 2014 in The Washington Post
Since 2000, the number of adults 65 and older who use the Internet has increased from 14 percent to 59 percent. And in that group, nearly half usea social networking site such as Facebook. Put Your Phone Away and Pay Attention to Your Kids By Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D.
This psychologist is worried. It seems that everywhere I go a sizable number of the parents are ignoring their kids. Chinese city gives smartphone users their own sidewalk lane By Luke Dormehl September 14, 2014 Tools like hands-free kits and Siri might mean that you don't have to have your face constantly buried in your iPhone, but for most people the reality is that using a smartphone suggests your focus is not entirely on the real world around you.
Tackling this problem head-on is a place called Foreigner Street in Chongqing city, China, which has installed a special walking lane for smartphone users. Programs, Tools & Techniques Control Screens So They Don't Control Your Family Is technology pitting you against your kids with endless power struggles over video games, TV, cell phones and social media? Do you feel pressure to give your toddler an iPad already? Are you afraid your child's imagination, creativity, and social skills are being stunted by reliance on technology? Are your teens pulling away, afraid they will miss out if they are not online 24/7? Stop the constant power struggles. Every family must listen to this together WITH their kids. Is Meditation Really Worth It? By Markham Heid October 8, 2014
Do enough mental push-ups, and you may be amazed at how strong your mind muscle can get. The SelfDesign Learning Community is among the largest distance/distributed learning schools and personalized learning programs in British Columbia, Canada. Funded by the BC Ministry of Education, SelfDesign enables learners to complete K-12 by exploring their passions and taking the lead in their own learning and life. With personalized guidance from BC-certified educators, learning unfolds at home and within local and online communities.
Video Games
Feminist Critics of Video Games Facing Threats in ‘GamerGate’ Campaign By Nick Wingfield published October 15, 2014 in the New York Times. The atmosphere has become so toxic that critics and developers are urging big companies in the $70-billion-a-year video game industry to do more to stop it. For South Korea, E-Sports Is National Pastime By Paul Mozur published October 19, 2014 in The New York Times "In Korea, games are the barometer of the generation gap," he said in an interview. Parents view games as distractions from studying, he said, while children see them as an important part of their social existence. Mr. Jun is promoting new educational guidelines that encourage schools to warn students about addiction, while also helping parents better understand gaming. "The best way to avoid addiction is for families to play games together," he said. Biometrics For A Better Gaming Experience By By Noah Nelson October 9, 2014 Some game designers are looking to biometric feedback as a way to make video games more immersive and more personal than ever. Miscellaneous The Limits of Friendship By Maria Konnikova, published October 7, 2014 in The New Yorker With social media, we can easily keep up with the lives and interests of far more than a hundred and fifty people. But without investing the face-to-face time, we lack deeper connections to them, and the time we invest in superficial relationships comes at the expense of more profound ones. The Influence of Pornography on Sexual Scripts and Hooking Up Among Emerging Adults in College
By Braithwaite SR, Coulson G, Keddington K, Fincham FD. Published September 20, 2014
The explosive growth in access to the Internet has led to a commensurate increase in the availability, anonymity, and affordability of pornography. An emerging body of research has shown associations between pornography and certain behaviors and attitudes; yet, how pornography actually influences these outcomes has not been documented. Why CFL's Aren't Such a Bright Idea Are energy efficient bulbs getting on your nerves? By Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D. in Mental Wealth September 15, 2014New (and old) research points to fluorescent light causing not just poor sleep, but physiological stress reactions. In light of rising neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and ADHD seen in children, are energy-saving CFL's costing us dearly?
Instant Gratification
By Paul Roberts September 8, 2014
As the economy gets ever better at satisfying our immediate, self-serving needs, who is minding the future?
Surrey parents threaten to boycott Guildford mall after play area replaced with iPads
By Adrian Macnair, Surrey Now September 24, 2014
A new interactive play park opened at the Guildford Town Centre over the weekend, offering interactive games for children along walls decorated with colourful cartoon insects. Part of the new space has a giant beehive which houses four iPads with seats for children.
What is 4chan? The underbelly of the internet explained
By Elyse Betters 22 September 2014
Nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and other Hollywood stars were recently leaked online in a massive scandal involving at least one hacker who correctly guessed weak iCloud passwords and security questions. And the stolen photos mostly surfaced from one dark corner of the internet, known as 4chan.
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