{"id":2959,"date":"2023-08-09T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T03:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sg-financialadvice.com\/sg-parentingdiy\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2023-08-07T15:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T07:34:34","slug":"give-your-kid-a-hand-to-get-free-from-the-internet-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sg-financialadvice.com\/sg-parentingdiy\/give-your-kid-a-hand-to-get-free-from-the-internet-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Your Kid A Hand To Get Free From The Internet Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Does your kid use electronic devices for extended periods of time? When does it start to be an issue? And what can you do about it?<\/span><\/p>

Singaporean youth have among the highest rates of Internet proficiency worldwide. According to the <\/span>Statista<\/span><\/a> (2022), 100 percent of households with children under 15 years old in Singapore had access to the internet in 2021. This figure was slightly lower for households without children under 15, at 99 percent. Overall, the share of households with access to the internet has increased since 2016. Their favorite ways to use their mobile devices are for social networking (on sites like Instagram) and for instant messaging (using apps like Snapchat) and email.<\/span><\/p>

It’s easy to lose track of time while engaging in online activities because they’re interesting. Your child’s desire to devote more time to something that piques their interest is perfectly natural; in fact, doing so can be a great way to encourage their development in these areas.<\/span><\/p>

However, your child may have a cyber addiction problem if any activity takes over their entire life to the point that it becomes hazardous to them physically, intellectually, or socially. The National Institute of Education and the Media Development Authority conducted a study<\/span>[1]<\/span> in 2010 that indicated that young people in Singapore spend an average of 20 hours per week playing video games, whereas young people in the United States spend an average of 13 hours per week playing video games. The same research also found that nearly 9% of Singaporean youth are “pathological gamers,” spending an average of 37.5 hours per week playing video games.<\/span><\/p>

While the Institute of Mental Health’s National Addictions Management Service (NAMS) agrees that there is nothing inherently harmful about computers and technology, it cautions users to be wary of their devices’ addictive potential and to establish reasonable boundaries on their use.<\/span><\/p>

NAMS includes certain warning flags related to excessive Internet use and some of these are:<\/span><\/p>