Download PDF Glow Kids Nicholas Kardaras 9781250146557 Books

Product details Paperback 300 pages Publisher Griffin; Reprint edition (September 26, 2017) Language English ISBN-10 9781250146557 ISBN-13 978-1250146557 ASIN 1250146550

Glow Kids Nicholas Kardaras 9781250146557 Books Reviews

• This book provides a thoughtful and in depth presentation of the problem we are all facing today as parents. If you had any doubt about whether your common sense observation is correct about the fact your kid could have a tech addiction; this book presents indisputable evidence that your gut feeling is correct.
  
  Dr. Kardaras presents an evidenced based case citing scientific study after scientific study to prove the point that we, as a society, are already deep inside the rabbit hole. We have been systemically and purposely deceived by sometimes well intentioned but oftentimes greedy group think corporate heads that placed tech into the hands of our young children.
  
  As a physician, and the father of three boys ages two through 11, I have seen first hand the addiction in my kids. The facts presented by Dr. Kardaras will hit you like a ton of bricks. THIS IS ADDICTION--100%
  
  It is not often that I read a passage in a book that literally stops me in my tracks and rocks me to my core. Again, as an MD, I've read 100's, if not 1000's of medical texts and articles. Don't get me wrong, you do not need any degree other than common sense to get the point of this book. It is all explained very well so that anyone will get it. But when he speaks of Little Johnny sitting in the corner with his iPad, seemingly in intense quiet concentration and focus. So much that one might say, "Look at how focused Little Johnny is, concentrating so hard on his game." But as Dr. Kardaras pointed out and I can concur from other medical research, Little Johnny 's brain is being damaged by the onslaught of hyper-stimulation. Although he looks so focused and concentrating, his ability to focus and concentrate is actually being destroyed by the hyper stimulation to his cerebral cortex.
  
  That was the passage that stopped me cold. How many times have I seen my own kids mesmerized in apparent concentration while their higher order brain centers were being bombarded with sequential rewards and temptations. I literally got sick to my stomach.
  
  The second part of the book presented a treatment plan. I implemented this in my life and successfully broke my kids addiction. I used the not well known "Restrictions" functions on their iPad and iPhone device and restricted everything. I confiscated all tech and sent them into painful withdrawal. 6 months later, I am happy to say my older one doesn't even remember or care if he has his phone or not, their grades have improved and although they think this is a punishment, which I keep telling them it's not; we are a much better off family unit.
  
  This book will change your life if you think you have kids that are addicted to their devices.
  
  Thanks Nick
• After a three year crisis with my son, a divorce and me spiraling as a devoted parent, this book saved my sanity and helped me understand the underlying problem I had been facing with my young son. I had a beautiful sweet boy and after we entered public school and the tech world craze with computer games, school tech demands and more consumed us, I realized my problem was bigger than me. My son became addicted and the gaming was saturating every aspect of his social life. These video games are hurting our children, our communities - it's time to tame the compulsion and remember there are other things in life. I personally believe the gaming companies should be sued and held liable for criminally doping our children.
• When I filed for a divorce some 4+ years ago, it was a very challenging time. My daughters at the time were 5 and 2, and there was a fundamental difference in outlook in terms of raising the girls. While at the core the girls are fully loved by me and their mother, right from wrong and foundational components are at polar opposite ends of the spectrum.
  
  I read voraciously, and I encourage the same of my now 9 and 6 year olds--and it's working... I order several books each month to keep up with their reading habits. They prefer the outdoors to the indoors, but they're still kids in 2017, and there is a grand attraction to the television, and iPads. For all I've done right, I know I've made some poor choices. By providing each of the girls with their very own iPads, I figured that I could limit their time and there would be no harm done. After all, they're climbing trees, building forts, riding bikes, walking the dogs, and reading when they're not with friends or at sporting events. This book is making me reconsider a lot of my choices, or at least recommit to a way of life that will benefit the girls in the long run.
  
  The book was recommended to me by my father--not only because I have daughters (he loves the way I raise my girls and keep them more interested in riding horses that playing Candy Crush), but because he has grandchildren who are also glued to a device literally at all times, and it breaks his heart. 50 pages in, he insisted my brother (has two boys same ages as my girls) and I buy it. I read it in a day. A lot of the book is common sense that ain't so common anymore, but the data-driven evidence and support of theories is hard to argue.
  
  Is technology bad? No, absolutely not. Is it dangerous? YES. I highly recommend this book to anybody, but particularly those parents out there who wonder if their kids are spending too much time playing video games, surfing the web, etc. It's never too late.
• This book is mostly the evidence on the negative effects of electronic devices. Only one short chapter at the end on what to do about it, which could have been summed up in one sentence Take all electronics away for 4-6 weeks entirely to reset the brain. Then what? Introduce back gradually? How much is healthy?
• Every legislator who will ever vote on computers in the classroom should read this before a vote. Every parent should read it before allowing a child to use any computer, ipad, smart phone, etc. The facts are scary. It covers how the physical, mental, social, psychological, and probably more that I've forgotten, aspects of humanity are affected by the glow screen.