Clinton Dorny, the Executive Director at Discovery Ranch, Utah, accompanied by Thomas Holmes, Family Service Planner and Media Supervisor were interviewed on Parent Choices for Struggling Teens on L.A. Talk Radio. Discovery Ranch is a therapeutic boarding school for boys and girls. The two guests discussed the topic of the teenager brain in the digital world with L.A. Radio Talk show host Lon Woodbury. The essential question was: "It's not going to go away, so what should we do about it?"
How The Teenager Brain In the Digital World Is A Social Problem
The interview began with a dramatic story about a teenager who was #3 in the World of Warcraft game. He spent 17 hours in front of the computer. He was pale, emaciated, and furious when he showed up at Discovery Ranch. During his first few days, he often verbally lashed out at everyone around him.
The visitors clarified exactly how Discovery Ranch concentrated on detoxifying teens from modern technology. Findings showed that teens spent approximately 81/2 hours making use of electronic innovation. If you added in television, the numbers go up to 11 hrs. In one intensive research study done in the United Kingdom, as many as 1000 college students from 12 unrelated campuses were unable to refrain from using a cell phone or PC within a one day period, despite a promise to refrain/. They apparently experienced sensations of extreme misery, anxiety, and helplessness.
Much of this dependence on technology is a psychological coping skill since it helps adolescents retreat from life problems and ignore their own unsolved emotional issues. Discovery Ranch severs this dependency on technical innovation by making kids go mountain climbing, hiking, rappelling or do equine therapy.
When teens first arrive at Discovery Ranch, they are told that they will not have any technology privileges. This news impacts them strongly. They feel flustered and upset, and either act out aggressively or passively.
The excessive use of telecommunication media usage is classified as a process addiction. Withdrawing from electronic gadgets develops emotions that are similar to withdrawal symptoms from drugs and alcohol. Digital obsession cause reduced communication capabilities, especially in interpersonal relationships. Equine therapy helps teens learn to read non-verbal cues because they are literal thinkers, living in a world of black-and-white, on-off, 0- or-1.
Re-training the teen brain is most effective through equine therapy. This therapy aids adolescents create coping skills, establishes much-needed self-confidence, and helps them to get out of their comfort zones. There are team building tasks to help them learn how to cooperate with others.
Some things parents can do to limit technology addiction is to have no laptops and no Smartphone's. Computers should be password-protected and placed in public areas like the living room.
How The Teenager Brain In the Digital World Is A Social Problem
The interview began with a dramatic story about a teenager who was #3 in the World of Warcraft game. He spent 17 hours in front of the computer. He was pale, emaciated, and furious when he showed up at Discovery Ranch. During his first few days, he often verbally lashed out at everyone around him.
The visitors clarified exactly how Discovery Ranch concentrated on detoxifying teens from modern technology. Findings showed that teens spent approximately 81/2 hours making use of electronic innovation. If you added in television, the numbers go up to 11 hrs. In one intensive research study done in the United Kingdom, as many as 1000 college students from 12 unrelated campuses were unable to refrain from using a cell phone or PC within a one day period, despite a promise to refrain/. They apparently experienced sensations of extreme misery, anxiety, and helplessness.
Much of this dependence on technology is a psychological coping skill since it helps adolescents retreat from life problems and ignore their own unsolved emotional issues. Discovery Ranch severs this dependency on technical innovation by making kids go mountain climbing, hiking, rappelling or do equine therapy.
When teens first arrive at Discovery Ranch, they are told that they will not have any technology privileges. This news impacts them strongly. They feel flustered and upset, and either act out aggressively or passively.
The excessive use of telecommunication media usage is classified as a process addiction. Withdrawing from electronic gadgets develops emotions that are similar to withdrawal symptoms from drugs and alcohol. Digital obsession cause reduced communication capabilities, especially in interpersonal relationships. Equine therapy helps teens learn to read non-verbal cues because they are literal thinkers, living in a world of black-and-white, on-off, 0- or-1.
Re-training the teen brain is most effective through equine therapy. This therapy aids adolescents create coping skills, establishes much-needed self-confidence, and helps them to get out of their comfort zones. There are team building tasks to help them learn how to cooperate with others.
Some things parents can do to limit technology addiction is to have no laptops and no Smartphone's. Computers should be password-protected and placed in public areas like the living room.
About the Author:
Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
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