Facebook is the new drug ; internet addction
Addiction to the Internet and especially to different social networks like Facebook, touches more and more people. Teenagers are the first consumers of new technologies and are considered to be the most exposed population to suffer from this new addiction.
It is true that when one speaks of dependence, one hears by this consumption of a product entailing a physical dependence. Here none of this, however scientists have noticed that when one connects excessively behavioral changes could appear and become disabling for the person. It is in this that the Internet and the networks bring about a real dependency.
A scientific study reveals that one can consider being dependent from the time that one is on average four hours on the Internet each day. Adolescents are strongly affected by this issue of Internet addiction and especially social networks. Social networks are becoming more and more important in our lives. Facebook has more than 800 million followers. The Facebook site is the only social network actually vector of "addictive driving". A study found that 68% of users visit the site at least once a day and spend an average of 52 minutes per day.
If a teenager spends a lot of time on his or her computer and on social networks, this should not be seen as a problem right away. The teen needs to be in peers and that's what he does by connecting. If the situation is limited to that, there is no cause for concern. However, this can be complicated from the moment when the young person feels obliged to connect. If his first morning reflex is Facebook or Twitter and before sleeping, he can not help but log on one last time. At this moment, we must act because this indicates that a real dependency on social networks. The attitude of parents to this situation is to advocate communication with their child or adolescent.
If you can talk to your child about what he or she is doing online, you can ask outside help and ask a psychologist. If the dialogue is not broken, it is better to discuss it peacefully with him. The best thing is to support her child. Setting up a working time and time for leisure can be the right solution.
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