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54 reviews for:
Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids -- And How to Break the Trance
Nicholas Kardaras
3.86 AVERAGE
54 reviews for:
Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids -- And How to Break the Trance
Nicholas Kardaras
3.86 AVERAGE
While this is a subject that has been of interest to me for about a year now, I feel this book didn't bring anything new to the table to me. Probably because I have been interested in the subject for a year or so.
My biggest pet peeve with this book was how often Nicholas doesn't talk about the cause of addiction. In his chapters on computer games, he talks a lot about how addiction manifests itself, we get some information from unnamed experts about why it's an addiction.
But he never asks himself why do people become addicted? I mean if we take a kid from the suburbs with good grades, good family and a nice social life. And he gets hooked on playing Call of Duty. Why did he choose to play it for this and that many hours instead of hanging out with his friends?
The answer that Nicholas provide is that as an addiction , there is no real logical reason why one becomes addicted... That may be so, but it's not like a person just sits down by the computer one day and suddenly BOOM, he's addicted.
Like it's with people who become addicted to heroin. There was always a reason to why they turned to heroin, right?
My biggest pet peeve with this book was how often Nicholas doesn't talk about the cause of addiction. In his chapters on computer games, he talks a lot about how addiction manifests itself, we get some information from unnamed experts about why it's an addiction.
But he never asks himself why do people become addicted? I mean if we take a kid from the suburbs with good grades, good family and a nice social life. And he gets hooked on playing Call of Duty. Why did he choose to play it for this and that many hours instead of hanging out with his friends?
The answer that Nicholas provide is that as an addiction , there is no real logical reason why one becomes addicted... That may be so, but it's not like a person just sits down by the computer one day and suddenly BOOM, he's addicted.
Like it's with people who become addicted to heroin. There was always a reason to why they turned to heroin, right?
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Good stuff
Overall I found this work to have some interesting information particularly regarding technology addiction. That being said, I struggled throughout the work because it felt in many ways inflammatory. The scientific research was often overshadowed or not fully fleshed out and instead had a lot of anecdotal examples. This work highlights that children and particularly teenagers can become addicted to technology , but it did not give a lot of practical changes that can be made.
Love the message and idea behind the book, but wasn’t completely in line with how it was executed. It played a lot on fear and had some pretty extreme cases. It also focused a lot on video games (which I know is an important part), but would have appreciated more spoken on tv shows/movies or balancing having smart phones in our world. That being said, loved the message and think everyone should read this.
Thought provoking read. There are a few claims that feel a bit conspiracy-theoryish and I’d take it with a grain of salt. But my biggest takeaway is that even if tech turns out to be harmless and the worst case scenarios never happen, we know it definitely isn’t HELPING and there are better options out there for our kids.
I have long been worried about the effect screen time is having on children, and Kardaras lists some very convincing research, ". . . we have research from several recent brain-imaging studies that show us that tech exposure can also alter brain structure and myelination in exactly the same way that drugs can" (66). Kardaras is passionate on this subject, which comes out in his writing, and the science backs up his claims. Towards the end he discusses the issues of video game induced violence and the real life cases. He also reminds readers about the danger of keeping phones close to our bodies because of the radiation they emit (128-131). This book was recommended by a speaker I heard recently, and I'm glad I read it!
This book scared the crap out of me. My kids and husband all show signs of screen addiction and this makes me what to cut the internet cord!
Super scary look at whet technology can do to us if we don't put limits on it. Very eye-opening. Every parent should read this!!
Listened to the audiobook during two long work days. Because of one of my degrees most of the info was not new to me, but it’s well presented and both detailed, and varied. Some dwelling on emotionally scaring us. But maybe we need it? Should be required reading, even if it does have imperfections.