We have to accept it first ...

Definitely to overcome the addiction to the cell phone and social networks, you have to recognize and accept that you have this type of addiction.

If one falls for lies, in relation to oneself, the only one harmed is me. Who am I trying to fool? when the signs of addiction are obvious, and noticeable wherever we are, for example when we don't have a cell phone nearby, the battery runs out or when we don't have a signal, anxiety is horrible, especially if we want to use it as an escape to evade our feelings.

Another sign of addiction is spending too much time scolling without realizing it. Also ignore people for looking at the screen. And to reach the height of the irresponsibility of ceasing to fulfill our commitments by keeping an eye on the phone, even preferring to be interacting via digital rather than face-to-face.

When we lie that we hardly use the cell phone or social networks, other symptoms of physical addiction appear in our body, such as: pain in our wrists, visual exhaustion, pain in the neck, and even causes us insomnia.

The most serious thing about this addiction is when we involve our young children in our homes, and that is the worst thing we can do, because babies are in brain training for all their first years from 8 to 10 years, if we give them these gadgets at such an early age, screens will not let them develop cognitive progress such as using fingers, hands, ears, this type of addiction being such young children, they make them get used to immediacy, and they do not tolerate frustration, they do not develop focus, nor the attention necessary to conclude any purpose, they disconnect from grimaces and facial features losing the ability to learn and intuition...

Added to all this, this type of addiction does not allow them to develop muscle strength, and they grow less by being sedentary, sitting for many hours in front of screens, ... I could go on listing the negative of screens for children and adolescents.

In fact, the pediatric societies ask that they not be subjected to them (cell phones and social networks) and that they only allow it if necessary, for schooling, with a schedule controlled (restricted) by their parents or responsible guardians, no more than two hours per day, only after the age of 7-8 and to have cell phones after the age of 16 if they have developed their own criteria.

Those of us who bring a child into the world, must bear the consequences of dedicating quality time in parenting and subsequent culture in the era of technology so that they can develop, because finally it is a being that depends completely on us, we all know that children are born totally helpless depending on us even to eat, feed themselves; it is our responsibility and commitment to be able to accompany them in their development and growth at all stages of their lives until they let their light shine with ease and take care of themselves with the dignity they deserve.

Janitze 🤔