- Paperback: 204 pages
- Publisher: Hazelden (Aug 2 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1592859488
- ISBN-13: 978-1592859481
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.4 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #143,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Ask Amy: Son's Internet Addiction Has Parents Worried By Amy Dickinson Tribune Media Services Posted:04/18/2011 04:04:20 PM PDT Updated:04/18/2011 04:39:13 PM PDT Dear Amy: My 18-year-old son is addicted to online gaming. He is in his first year of community college full time and living at home. He is failing his classes, spending all of his time gaming, does no homework, forgets to eat and plays all night instead of sleeping. Until he was 18, we limited his computer time. But now we keep waiting for him to regulate it or work it out for himself. It's not happening. What should we do? -- Worried Parents Dear Parents: Online gaming is your son's drug of choice. The natural consequence of your son's addiction is that he will not be able to find success in the actual world until he deals with his issues. You need to have a heart-to-heart with him, and let him know how worried you are and what his choices are at this point. Your son should be evaluated by a mental health practitioner with experience in treating gamers; he may have underlying issues or difficulties that make him lean toward gaming to the exclusion of everything else. Your son won't be able to modulate his behavior until he faces his compulsion. Because he failed his classes, he should not return to school. He is not ready to pursue a college education. You should restrict online access at your home and help him look for a job. For insight into this challenging issue, read "Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap," by Kevin Roberts (Hazelden Publishing, 2010). (Tribune Media Services )
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Video gaming and Internet surfing are the top sources of entertainment for tens of millions of North Americans today. As these technologies continue to grow and flourish, so does the number of people becoming obsessively absorbed in the imagination and fantasy that they present. More and more people are isolating themselves, turning their backs on reality, ignoring family and friends, and losing sleep and even their jobs due to excessive use of video games and the Internet and they continue to do so despite harmful consequences to their mental, physical, and spiritual health, a telltale sign of addiction. In this groundbreaking book, recovering video game addict Kevin Roberts uses extensive scientific and social research, complemented by his and others' personal stories, to give compulsive gamers and surfers and their family and friends a step-by-step guide for recovery. He outlines the ways that 'cyber junkies' exhibit the classic signs of addiction and reveals how they can successfully recover by following a program similar to those used for other addictions. Readers learn to identify whether they have an addiction, find the right resources to get individualized help, and regain a rewarding life away from the screen by learning new thoughts and behaviors that free them from the cravings that rule their lives. Included is a guide for parents for working with their addicted children. Kevin Roberts is a recovering video gameaddict who runs support groups to help others struggling with cyber addiction get their lives back on track.He is a nationally recognized expert on video gaming addiction and a regular conference speaker. Roberts has a background in education and is the developer of a sixteen-module curriculum designed to give those with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), often a driving factor of video game and internet addiction, the skills they need to succeed. Cyber Junkie is his first book.
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Wonderful Book, Aug 16 2010
By Dr. Alicia Acey - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap (Paperback)
I am a mother and a psychologist. This book helped me better understand my children and my patients. I am seeing more parents struggle to find ways to balance the "cyber" world with the real world. This book definitely helps with that struggle. It is written in a flowing and easy-to-read style. I had a hard time putting it down.
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Kevin Roberts speaks from the heart, Aug 29 2010
By Debbie Stanley "debstanley" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap (Paperback)
As a local colleague of Kevin's, I know him to be an exuberant, engaging professional who puts 110% into his work with young people with AD/HD. This eagerly awaited book will help parents, counselors, and addicts themselves to find the ideal balance of responsible cyber-fun. I'm buying a second copy to donate to my son's school library.
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Escaping the trap, Sep 30 2010
By Karen Fischer - Published on Amazon.com
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I had been working at a high-stress law firm and the worse it got, the more time I spent wasting endless hours playing solitaire on my smartphone and it was affecting not only my work performance but time with my family and social commitments as well. I just couldn't stop playing and no one around me seemed to understand how a grown woman could be having a problem like this. Up until I came across Mr. Robert's book, I had no idea how many other people are affected by cyber addiction (and especially those with ADD, which I've been diagnosed with) and that there are solutions. I haven't given up my game completely but through reading cyber junkie I've learned to train myself to just do it in free time and stop when I need to. I think this book is a must-read for the technology generation whether you personally have an issue or you know of someone who does- besides being helpful and informational, I found the writing style quite enjoyable as well. I recommend it.
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