Children with computer addiction. Computer addiction is a problem that arises in families where the parents have other addictions. Parental dependence always breeds child dependence. The world that dependent parents create is a world where there are always dependent children. The child gets the feeling that living on Facebook or somewhere else is normal, and this is the life of an adult. If a child looks around, he understands that others live like this, not just his parents. Then the logical chain is built this way: my parents are normal, which means I should also become just as normal. that is, living in gadgets. and this is a big problem. What is important to know about punishment when a child sits on the phone for a long time and already has the first signs of computer addiction. 1. Punishment should not humiliate a child; often parents, due to their chronic fatigue, do not feel the difference between respect and humiliation. 2. You cannot punish or scold in the presence of other people; making comments in public in a correct form is normal, but scolding and punishing is unacceptable! 3. It is better to punish by depriving something good, rather than doing something bad. You can say that you are forced to punish the child and therefore deprive him of the opportunity to watch some cartoon, for example, or do what he loves. Punishment should be deprivation of good things! 4. Punishment follows immediately for misconduct. This is the scourge of parents, because they do not punish immediately, time passes, and then the child does not combine the bad deed with punishment. That is, he thinks that mom is just nervous and tired and that’s why she yelled at him now. It turns out that there is no connection; it is not fixed, so it is important that the punishment follows the offense. 5. The child must understand why he was punished! Parents must explain why it is bad to sit at the computer for a long time. Limit time and follow this rule. You tell the child that the first thing that will happen to him is that he will lose physical mobility. He will not be able to run fast and will always sit on a bench. Sooner or later, the friends he has will start making friends with other guys, because they won’t be interested in you. Those. we draw a picture for the child of what could happen to him if he sits at the computer or on the phone for a long time.