LUDHIANA: Earlier hereditary problems were limited to diseases like diabetes, obesity, among others. But now a new problem called internet addiction has been added to the list.
According to city-based psychiatrists, the use of internet by parents would decide the addiction of the same in their children.
15-year-old Ayush has more than 300 friends on social networking site facebook. He not only chats with them, but also is curios to add people to his list - whom he doesn't even know or met in a party. "Some of his friends are his elder cousins' friends or random persons. I wonder what he might be chatting with them as they are 7-10 years elder to him. I was shocked to see when I received his friend request. It was only then I realized he is addicted to the internet and why he is always busy in his phone," said Shruti Seth, Ayush's mother.
However, she didn't take the issue lightly and approached a psychiatrist for professional help. When she narrated the problems about her son, the doctor's reply to her was an eye-opener. "Do you access internet in front of your child and are, too, addicted to it?" asked the doctor.
According to psychiatrists, out of every 10 parents, who come with their child regarding internet addiction, at least 7 of them are themselves addicted to the internet or social networks. They also said that parents are completely responsible for modeling of their kids and staying off the internet one of the important points for healthy parenting of a growing child.
Adding to this, Dr Anshu Gupta, child psychiatrist from Kitchlu Nagar, said: "Instead of talking to kids, I ask the parents about their internet habits. More the parents will be addicted to the internet, chances of children being addicted to internet will increase."
He added: "If they are using the internet in front of their children, then out of curiosity the child would also try to get into that. This leads to communication gap between family members and affects development of the child."
According to city-based psychiatrists, the use of internet by parents would decide the addiction of the same in their children.
15-year-old Ayush has more than 300 friends on social networking site facebook. He not only chats with them, but also is curios to add people to his list - whom he doesn't even know or met in a party. "Some of his friends are his elder cousins' friends or random persons. I wonder what he might be chatting with them as they are 7-10 years elder to him. I was shocked to see when I received his friend request. It was only then I realized he is addicted to the internet and why he is always busy in his phone," said Shruti Seth, Ayush's mother.
However, she didn't take the issue lightly and approached a psychiatrist for professional help. When she narrated the problems about her son, the doctor's reply to her was an eye-opener. "Do you access internet in front of your child and are, too, addicted to it?" asked the doctor.
According to psychiatrists, out of every 10 parents, who come with their child regarding internet addiction, at least 7 of them are themselves addicted to the internet or social networks. They also said that parents are completely responsible for modeling of their kids and staying off the internet one of the important points for healthy parenting of a growing child.
Adding to this, Dr Anshu Gupta, child psychiatrist from Kitchlu Nagar, said: "Instead of talking to kids, I ask the parents about their internet habits. More the parents will be addicted to the internet, chances of children being addicted to internet will increase."
He added: "If they are using the internet in front of their children, then out of curiosity the child would also try to get into that. This leads to communication gap between family members and affects development of the child."
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