Raising a Digital Addict in Ridgewood

May 24,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Digital addict is used to refer to a person who compulsively uses digital technology, which would manifest as another form of addiction if that technology was not as easily accessible to them.

Ridgewood NJ, Since it’s hard to deny that digital addictions are real, the next step is working out how common they are. This is challenging, though, because there are many specific addictions contained within the general term and they aren’t often clearly and rigidly defined.

An American study focusing on gaming addiction found that among kids between the ages of 8 and 18, around 8 percent could be classified as addicted. Other research from the U.S. and Europe has suggested that rates of Internet addiction range from 1.5 to 8.2 percent . In parts of Asia, the rate may be as high as 26 percent, and China has identified Internet addiction as one of its main public health risks.