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Parental gold. A MUST READ!
So why this book? Although the topic centers around children and gaming, it applies to everyone who is prone to habits and struggling with addiction. Doing nothing, or too much of something, can throw us off balance and prevent us from reaching our higher purpose and full potential in life. This book digs deep on the impact that instant gratification and gamification has on our neurochemistry (brain and nervous system health that regulates mood) which can lead to depression, anxiety, and more. Awareness of our habits and addictions is a critical component of breaking the cycle, to get our lives back in alignment with our purpose and health.
The Review:
“Game designers have figured out how to control our dopamine switch, offering us all that pleasure, reinforcement, and anticipation, but without contributing a survival benefit.”
🎓 Schools should give this to parents of rising kindergartners.
🍼 Parents-to-be should get this as a baby shower gift.
🎅🏼 This should be in every stocking for parents that have mentioned struggling with their children focusing or wanting to do anything other than YouTube/Gaming, etc. (me 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️)
Even if your child isn’t (yet) obsessed with gaming, the psychology is worth knowing to help prevent it.
📖 I was already impressed with this book within the first chapter - What Makes Gaming So Addictive (the Neurochemistry). Seriously, the psychology behind this really proves the addictive qualities and how it shapes our youth.
😱 So much helpful insight, like studies showing that having a game in a child’s room increases usage of up to 50 percent.
This book helps parents to come from a place of understanding, both for the psychology of it and your child’s drive for it, get on the same team as your child, and create a better environment with boundaries, structure and healthy habits.
"Games are addictive not just because they feel good, but also because they diminish bad feelings. All addictive substances share two properties - they not only give pleasure, but they also take away pain."
🩺 It even covers topics like ADHD, Autism and Marijuana as it pertains to gaming addiction.
❌ What this book does NOT do, is tell you to take away gaming completely. That’s not what this is about, and it even discourages that.
😳 There were some extremely eye opening parts, including how much we enable kids to be less responsible, without realizing what we are doing. There is also a really great cheat sheet in the appendix to refer back to as a reference guide.
Thanks to NetGalley, Rosalie, Inc., and Alok Kanojia MD MPH for providing me with a complimentary ARC to review!
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