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Queensland Doctor urges parents to undertake digital detox with kids
Fri 12 Jul 2024 at 12:00pm
It's a hot topic for parents, how do you limit your kids technology use and how much is too much?
A doctor in Central Queensland says children are being taken to emergency departments after having angry meltdowns... but not everyone thinks addiction is to blame.
Some advocates are urging parents to try a digital detox... and bring some of the pleasure kids find from being online to their offline worlds.
Thu 2 May 2019 at 3:00pm
Why we should be worried about digital addiction
Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Fortnight - they're the phone apps and video games kids are crazy about today.
But US researcher and author Brad Huddleston says children are becoming addicted to the devices and it is having a serious impact on them.
Mr Huddleston says the devices and the apps, which are often specifically designed to be addictive, are changing the brains of this generation.
He's visiting regional Queensland this month to educate parents and teachers about the dangers young people face as their online exposure increases.
He is currently in north Queensland and is plans to head to the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast next month.
He spoke to the ABC's Cristy-Lee Macqueen:
Radio Host Rob Schilling and Brad Huddleston
I want to thank my friend Rob Schilling, host of The Schilling Show on WINA in Charlottesville, VA, for having me on air earlier this week to talk about my new DVD series Porneia: A Global Tragedy. You can listen to our conversation at https://goo.gl/V4V476 (it begins at 23:27). You can listen to Rob weekdays from noon to 2 pm on WINA, 1070 AM, 98.9 FM and online at www.schillingshow.com. Please keep Rob in your prayers. Charlottesville is blessed to have him.
Australian Presenter Neil Johnson Interviews Brad On New Project Porneia
Listen and/or download Neil's entire interview with Brad (below).
This is an excerpt from the DVD series Porneia: A Global Tragedy. The word porneia (πορνεύω) appears 26 times in the New Testament of the Bible and is the root of the English words pornography and pornographic. Drawing the latest research from neuroscience, Brad Huddleston explains the effect that pornography has on the brain and offers Biblical strategies that will bring freedom and healing to those affected by the scourge of of this growing problem.
Keeping Kids Safe Online
Mobile phones and the internet have made it possible to be connected to the world 24 hours a day, wherever you are. That can be a very good thing, but it can also be a trap. Especially for young people.
'Cyber bullying' and 'sexting' are terms we are hearing more often these days. And parents, and schools are struggling to keep up.
Brad Huddleston is an American minister who runs a multimeda company. He's made it his mission to help parents and teachers come to grips with the technology, and has been visiting our region for the past few weeks.
He's visited schools in Toowoomba, Dalby, St George and Brisbane, and took time to visit the ABC studios to explain what he says to parents, and schools about the rise of the 'connected child'....
