Internet Addiction even for Children

Updated on: Monday, December 29, 2014

Any habit which exceeds its limit with has a reverse effect. Every optimism will have pessimism and vice versa. All depends how control we are and how we justify our use.

It is clear that 6% of children we found to be affected by Internet addition through the world. This addition is 7.1% in India.

According to the Doctors, the Internet addition is an impulse control problem which can negatively affect a person’s life, health and interpersonal relationship. Earlier identification and planned family system can avoid this problem in particular among adolescents.

Dr. R. Balakrishnan, Head of the Department, psychiatry, of Sri Ramachandra University explained about this.

He said that the problem associated with Internet addiction was treated symptomatically and was considered as a condition. But, he said, American psychiatric Association has classified Internet addition as a disease under psychological disorders this year.

Too much of depending on anything is risky and not advisable. The persons of internet addiction, go towards sedentary life style, where in avoid going out. They easily irritated and angry. Regarding the adults are concerned, the stress and tension due to the dead lines in achieving the targets in the office which added with problem in the family also.

The youngsters involved more deeply into the Internet to know everything of a particular subject and because they can not get everything in one particular sight.

The basic attitude of the children is curiosity. At the curious children browse all possible areas like games; information sites to porn sites. They want to know everything through net.

Dr. S. Rajarathinam, head, psychiatry, KMC view this in a different way says that the problem begins with emptiness, that when the child fees loneliness. When both parents are working class and parents do not show proper alteration to their children. The child becomes lonely and is attracted by Internet. Peer pressure and low scholastic performance are the other factors to be looked into.

Dr. Rajarathinam says that, the children try to get an unrealistic company in the form of Internet which gives them some pleasure. All these factors will make the students anxious. As such the complaints of addition to video games play station and cell phones are in crazy.

Internet Addiction even for Children

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