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- How many hours can be considered healthy for a child or teenager to play on a computer, Xbox, cell phone, etc.?
- We've agreed on a 3-hour daily screen time limit at home, but my son doesn't respect it because he doesn't think it's enough. He gets angry and won't stop. What should we do? Should we take it away by force?
- If students have to use screens at home for academic purposes, how can we "control" that they don't misuse them when doing schoolwork without their parents being present?
- How can we make teenagers understand the consequences of overexposure to screens?
- Is it okay for a child under 2 years old to already be interacting with screens?
- At what age can we introduce screens and in what way?
- My 6-year-old son has just started playing Nintendo and keeps asking for my phone to play games or watch YouTube. He does several extracurricular activities, goes to the hiking club, and plays with his friends the rest of the time, but at home he just wants to look at screens. Should I set a time limit?
- How do you manage a child who won't put their phone down when they have to study, neglecting their studies and responsibilities at home?
- When they're little, we set limits; you can even just take away their technology. But at certain ages, you set time limits, and there are days when it's harder to get them to listen because they seem to be frustrated with the world. Then you can't take away their technology so easily. What do we do?
- I would like an alternative to blackmail or the punishment of taking away the console if he doesn't do his homework first.
- How can we manage our children's privacy by monitoring or not monitoring the content of their conversations?
- How can we explain to our children what things are private and what things are so private that they shouldn't be shared even in private?
- How can I teach her responsible screen use if she sees me constantly using them for remote work?
- Can addiction manifest as a pure obsession? That is, without any outwardly visible compulsion, only as ruminative thought?
- I think my daughter uses her mobile phone excessively, how can I tell if she has a mobile phone addiction?
- When a child under 14 may have a possible screen addiction, is one of the first symptoms aggression? Is it normal for them to notice that there are states that create anxiety and that they cannot control this aggression and impulsivity?
- What guidelines can we follow to help a 19-year-old stop being addicted?
- When there is an addiction, what should be done to wean the person off screens?
Can addiction manifest as a pure obsession? That is, without any outwardly visible compulsion, only as ruminative thought?
Elena Flores Márquez
Clinical psychologist. Adolescent Addictive Behaviors Unit. Mental Health Area
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
Recurring thoughts about video games or technology are common in addiction, especially when access to them is limited. Withdrawal symptoms are also frequent and could fit with what you're describing. But gaming disorder has these characteristics:
- Focus : frequent preoccupation, obsessive thoughts, or an intense desire to perform the activity, which eventually becomes the priority in the person's life. Interest in any other school, work, leisure, or social activity is lost.
- Mood modification : the activity is carried out in order to escape from emotional discomfort or improve mood.
- Tolerance : progressive increase in the time spent performing the activity to obtain the initial gratification.
- Withdrawal symptoms: unpleasant feelings or sensations when the activity cannot be performed (irritability, anxiety, agitation...).
- Conflict : The excessive time spent on the rewarding activity causes internal conflicts (unsuccessful attempts at control, emotional discomfort with the situation), or conflicts with others (family arguments, isolation from friends, decreased school performance...).
- Relapse: tendency to repeat repetitive patterns of addictive behavior after a period of abstinence or control.
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Elena Flores Márquez
Clinical psychologist. Adolescent Addictive Behaviors Unit. Mental Health Area
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
