Gameboxes and mobile devices cause chemical addiction!!!!

Gameboxes & mobile devices cause chemical addiction!!!!

Dopamine, Oxytocin, and other brain chemicals are stimulated to a, potentially permanent,  addiction state when you, and your kids, use video games, tablets and cell phones!

Have you ever tried to call your kid to dinner while he was playing Gears of War and suddenly have your “sweet innocent baby” whip around, werewolf-like, and snarl at you “YOU WAIT!!!!” with a shocking demon expression on their face? Addiction!

Ever see perfectly normal people walk out into traffic without even considering the likelihood of death because they are glued to their Facebook page? Addiction!

It is now known that these devices set off brain chemicals that cause addiction and that content and device makers exploit these psycho-chemical factors to take your money.

Spy agencies use this addiction to create stress disorder symptoms in the bad guys so that they will be overly stressed and paranoid and make more mistakes that might get them caught. This has now bled over into the whole of society.

Reading the reports, below, you will see the proven, deeply researched university studies that show how electronic devices could be turning us into a nation of madmen. Humans are EASILY addicted to thousands of things. Kids are the MOST EASILY addicted to things. McDonald’s founder  taught us “get ’em while they are young and you’ve got ’em for life”; hence the clown, playground and toys at every McDonalds: Addiction generation!

You, and your kids, can get addicted to “checking in” to your social media and experiencing a fake digital society without even knowing it; all the while their ads are slowly flowing into your, now softened-up, brain addiction centers.

Let’s discuss…

R- NYT

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Contact: Lloyd Morgan, senior science fellow at Environmental Health Trust

Contact: Cris Rowan, a pediatric occupational therapist in British Columbia, Canada and author of Virtual Child – The terrifying truth about what technology is doing to children

Contact: Joel Moskowitz, director and principal investigator with The Center for Family and Community Health

Contact: Levi Felix, founder The Digital Detox and director of Camp Grounded

Environmental Health Trust: Why Parents and Children Should Practice Safe Phone

Common Sense Media

Zone’in Programs, Inc.: Manage technology with healthy living 

Moving to Learn: Exploring the effects of technology on children 

Cris Rowan: Virtual Child: The terrifying truth about what technology is doing to children

Huffington Post: 10 Reasons Why Handheld Devices Should Be Banned for Children Under the Age of 12

SF Gate: Study: Smartphones are making us bad parents

Consumer Reports: Most kids 8 to 12 now have cell phones. Should yours?

Pew Research Center: Teens and Technology 2013

The Atlantic: Almost 20% of 3rd Graders Have Cell Phones

RF/EMF: When Experts Disagree, Play it Safe With Children

Doubt is Their Product: How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health

Joel Moskowitz, director and principal investigator with The Center for Family and Community Health

Levi Felix, founder The Digital Detox and director of Camp Grounded

Safer EMR – Electromagnetic Radiation Safety

UC Berkeley Center for Family and Community Health: News Releases

The Digital Detox  – ESSENTIAL READING FOR THIS TOPIC

Camp Grounded

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