Children's Internet Addiction

2026-01-20 17:09

Children who are addicted to the Internet may have the following symptoms: 1. ** In terms of social interaction and interests ** - His original hobbies (such as playing basketball, football, etc.) were replaced by the Internet. He gradually moved away from his classmates and friends. His social activities in life decreased. He was immersed in the virtual network scene all day long and was unwilling to go out. - Not good at communicating with others, poor interpersonal relationships, apathetic relationship, reduced social activities. 2. ** Study and Life ** - His academic performance declined, he made frequent mistakes in his life, he was lazy, careless, sloppy, and did not do his homework on time. - Because the internet affected the study, work, rest, exercise and other normal life patterns. - There were cases of puppy love and online love that affected their studies and even missed important exams (such as the middle school entrance examination). - Rebellious at home, contradicting his parents, disobedient, stubborn, and often quarreling or fighting with his parents. 3. ** In terms of psychology and behavior ** - They developed a strong psychological dependence. As long as they had time, they would want to go online. When they left the Internet, they would be restless and always think about online games, chats, videos, etc. - The time spent online was getting longer and harder to control. For example, the time spent online every day was too long. If it was more than 8 hours, they would want to increase the time spent online. If the time spent online exceeded their expectations, they would want to stop surfing the Internet many times but could not control themselves. - Once they couldn't go online, they would feel uncomfortable, idle, and unable to calm down to do other things. - Emotional problems, bad temper, sensitive and suspicious, psychologically fragile, unable to face difficulties and setbacks, extreme behavior, temper tantrums. - His personality changed, becoming introverted, withdrawn, weak, self-abased, depressed, and cowardly. - Weakened cognitive ability, long-term reliance on visual image thinking, resulting in weakened logical thinking ability. - It was difficult for him to focus on other things. He had a deviation in his interest in things outside of the Internet. He rejected other things and focused his energy on the Internet for a long time. - Children with internet addiction may also be infected with bad behavior habits, or even be expelled from school or have left school. They may also be rebellious, tired of learning, lack of energy all day, lack of self-discipline, lack of standardized behavior, and so on.