Adam Schafer
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Because... So, the other thing that... So, I was actually looking at this also, Sal, and... The other thing that I was curious about was just how much the amount of iPad and video gaming and YouTube exacerbates this in kids. And what I found, which was very alarming to me, was how little research we have to show that. And in fact, if you just Google search it, it tries to dispel that really quick.
Because... So, the other thing that... So, I was actually looking at this also, Sal, and... The other thing that I was curious about was just how much the amount of iPad and video gaming and YouTube exacerbates this in kids. And what I found, which was very alarming to me, was how little research we have to show that. And in fact, if you just Google search it, it tries to dispel that really quick.
Like if I was just a normal dad or mom who heard that and I went, is video games...
Like if I was just a normal dad or mom who heard that and I went, is video games...
Like if I was just a normal dad or mom who heard that and I went, is video games...
good for my kid who's got adhd with that like they don't every everything that pops up does not say anything bad whatsoever and i just think that that's crazy to me i think the thought that these things that that get that program your kid to want to keep doing it want to do it want to do it in loops has no change in their brain chemistry or their potential behavior You really think that?
good for my kid who's got adhd with that like they don't every everything that pops up does not say anything bad whatsoever and i just think that that's crazy to me i think the thought that these things that that get that program your kid to want to keep doing it want to do it want to do it in loops has no change in their brain chemistry or their potential behavior You really think that?
good for my kid who's got adhd with that like they don't every everything that pops up does not say anything bad whatsoever and i just think that that's crazy to me i think the thought that these things that that get that program your kid to want to keep doing it want to do it want to do it in loops has no change in their brain chemistry or their potential behavior You really think that?
I don't need a fucking study to show me that. I've seen it firsthand in my own son, what it looks like when that's in his life and when it's not in his life, and it's obvious. I can observe things. I'm capable of that. Google it right now.
I don't need a fucking study to show me that. I've seen it firsthand in my own son, what it looks like when that's in his life and when it's not in his life, and it's obvious. I can observe things. I'm capable of that. Google it right now.
I don't need a fucking study to show me that. I've seen it firsthand in my own son, what it looks like when that's in his life and when it's not in his life, and it's obvious. I can observe things. I'm capable of that. Google it right now.
Google video games and ADHD, and what they do say is that kids that have ADHD are more likely to potentially get addicted to video games, but not that video game playing and screen time has any sort of... Any sort of correlation to.
Google video games and ADHD, and what they do say is that kids that have ADHD are more likely to potentially get addicted to video games, but not that video game playing and screen time has any sort of... Any sort of correlation to.
Google video games and ADHD, and what they do say is that kids that have ADHD are more likely to potentially get addicted to video games, but not that video game playing and screen time has any sort of... Any sort of correlation to.
So imagine, imagine that. And then, okay. Anybody who is seeing Cocoa Melon or, or watched, you know, any sort of name, the Mario Brothers video game, whatever, any of those things. and the amount of lights and movement and screen cutting. It is. It sucks the brain in.
So imagine, imagine that. And then, okay. Anybody who is seeing Cocoa Melon or, or watched, you know, any sort of name, the Mario Brothers video game, whatever, any of those things. and the amount of lights and movement and screen cutting. It is. It sucks the brain in.
So imagine, imagine that. And then, okay. Anybody who is seeing Cocoa Melon or, or watched, you know, any sort of name, the Mario Brothers video game, whatever, any of those things. and the amount of lights and movement and screen cutting. It is. It sucks the brain in.
And so you have a classroom that sits the little boy down all fucking day long where he's not moving but twice a day for 15 minutes or 30 minutes for recess. And he's having to keep his attention up. Then he gets home and he's in front of these YouTube channels that are screen cutting like crazy. So his brain's firing a million times a mile faster while his body is sitting still all day long.
And so you have a classroom that sits the little boy down all fucking day long where he's not moving but twice a day for 15 minutes or 30 minutes for recess. And he's having to keep his attention up. Then he gets home and he's in front of these YouTube channels that are screen cutting like crazy. So his brain's firing a million times a mile faster while his body is sitting still all day long.
And so you have a classroom that sits the little boy down all fucking day long where he's not moving but twice a day for 15 minutes or 30 minutes for recess. And he's having to keep his attention up. Then he gets home and he's in front of these YouTube channels that are screen cutting like crazy. So his brain's firing a million times a mile faster while his body is sitting still all day long.