I think many parents are in denial as to how addicted their kids actually are to their online games and social media accounts. I mean who wants to admit to that? And anyway, how do you know? In this episode, I share some diagnostic criteria (Douglas Gentile, PhD, Iowa State University) for video game and social media dependency and 4 levels of gaming / social media dependency by Families Managing Media. This is really important information for us to be aware of, so I highly recommend that you tune in… And don’t forget, the next episode is going to be really awesome as I’m interviewing Melanie Hempe, the author of the book I have been discussing on the show for the last few weeks. Make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss it!

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