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Wow, this is ridiculous and saddening at the same time. Addiction to mobile phone and Messenger.

http://mobile1.aol.com/mobilearticle/_a/spanish-children-admitted-to-mental/20080616110909990001

By VERONICA HARLEY
AOL MOBILE

Cell phones are becoming more and more popular, among children and teens who are primarily using their phones for texting, talking to friends and checking e-mail. This increased cell phone usage among young people is evident in both the U.S. and internationally.

According to Spanish media reports, two children ages 12 and 13, were recently admitted to the Children and Youth Mental Health Centre in Lleide, close to Barcelona for cell phone addiction.

Their parents admitted them because they couldn't perform normal activities without their cell phones. In addition, they were doing poorly in school and lied to family members in order to get money for their phones.

Before being admitted, the children had owned their phones for 18 months. Their parents hadn't restricted their cell phone usage, until they notice that it had become a problem.

The children have had to live without their phones for three months.

This is the first time that the Children and Youth Mental Health Centre has had to admit children for cell phone addiction.

Dr. Maite Utges, who runs Children and Youth Mental Health Centre, recommended that parents not allow their children to have a cell phone until they are 16.

This (http://elmundosalud.elmundo.es/elmundosalud/2008/06/13/medicina/1213369184.html) is the original news, although it's in Spanish.

Any thoughts or comments on the subject?

Its really sad:(

Im the same age as them and i hardly use my phone.
But they shouldn't put them into rehab

if under 16's can't use phones how are they supposed to chat people up?

I think its a bit drastic really especially as they linked grades slipping with mobile addiction and used the story that they had been using the ill-gotten money to buy phone credit (which we all know has gone to fags)

Im the same age as them and i hardly use my phone.

y helo thar ;)

Somone should set up a helpline for this addiction...

that sounds like America.
in the States the powers that be blame everything on ADD attention deficit disorder and the ADD was caused by the cell phones or the computer.
they usually just through the kids on pills and forget them.
the real problem is parents don

You Europeans and your health care.

that sounds like America.
in the States the powers that be blame everything on ADD attention deficit disorder and the ADD was caused by the cell phones or the computer.
they usually just through the kids on pills and forget them.
the real problem is parents don
sorry something weird haappend to my post
to continue

the real problem is parents don’t raze their children - they let the TV set do that.
and the teachers use a one size fits all education system instead of actually connecting with a student.
the kids are in communication with each other because they need each other to grow up.
speaking as an American.

that sounds like America.
in the States the powers that be blame everything on ADD (attention deficit disorder) and the ADD was caused by the cell phones or the computer.
they usually just through the kids on pills and forget them.
the real problem is parents don

But it's not America (thank the gods), and we do not drug children on a whim or blame the problems that children may be presenting on ADD, or on cellphones and computers. Things go deeper than that. Blame the parents, blame society. It's a wide-spread problem, and everyone's to blame.;)

But it's not America (thank the gods), and we do not drug children on a whim or blame the problems that children may be presenting on ADD, or on cellphones and computers. Things go deeper than that. Blame the parents, blame society. It's a wide-spread problem, and everyone's to blame.;)

I agree - I was just illustrating how the problem can get out of control.

Haha. That's just poor parenting.

Haha. That's just poor parenting.

That, and cracked up kids. I will never have children.:eek:

Haha. That's just poor parenting.

I think sending your kids to a mental institution every time they act up could be amusing :p

I think sending your kids to a mental institution every time they act up could be amusing :p

I like it, although they may get some ideas from the inmates.:)

I like it, although they may get some ideas from the inmates.:)

well they can't be anything worse than normal teenagers

well they can't be anything worse than normal teenagers

True:p

True:p

Or they these kids can turn into NSGers. I shudder to imagine...

Or they these kids can turn into NSGers. I shudder to imagine...

How'd you find out about our training progra-I mean.... Erm.... Correctional facility :D>

But this is very strange. It sounds like these kids were addicted to their cell phones like people addicted to crack. Lying to their parents for cell phone money, unable to function properly without them, it's creepy. But I don't have to worry about that 'cause I don't have a cell phone :).

How'd you find out about our training progra-I mean.... Erm.... Correctional facility :D>

But this is very strange. It sounds like these kids were addicted to their cell phones like people addicted to crack. Lying to their parents for cell phone money, unable to function properly without them, it's creepy. But I don't have to worry about that 'cause I don't have a cell phone :).

Apparently this cellphone addiction will be treated like any other addiction. Can you imagine having ringtone DL withdrawls?:eek:

Apparently this cellphone addiction will be treated like any other addiction. Can you imagine having ringtone DL withdrawls?:eek:
DL?

I have a caffiene problem (No joke) I'm actually addicted to caffeine. I guess I could relate to the kids problem...

Okay, maybe I can't, HOW CAN YOU BE ADDICTED TO YOUR CELL PHONE?!?!?

Wow, this is ridiculous and saddening at the same time. Addiction to mobile phone and Messenger.

http://mobile1.aol.com/mobilearticle/_a/spanish-children-admitted-to-mental/20080616110909990001



This (http://elmundosalud.elmundo.es/elmundosalud/2008/06/13/medicina/1213369184.html) is the original news, although it's in Spanish.

Any thoughts or comments on the subject?
so... why... didn't... the parents just confiscate their kid's phone?

why did they need to admit them to a health care facility to stop their cell phone usage?

or better yet, stop their kid's Cell Phone service?

I have a feeling the parents just didn't want to end up being the 'villians' in their children's lives.

DL?DownLoad, I suspect.

DownLoad, I suspect.

Ah. Many thanks.

that sounds like America.
in the States the powers that be blame everything on ADD attention deficit disorder and the ADD was caused by the cell phones or the computer.
they usually just through the kids on pills and forget them.
the real problem is parents don

I don't know of any kids of our friends that are ADD. We have many that have children. I think personally it is a rather small group of kids that get a lot of attention.

so... why... didn't... the parents just confiscate their kid's phone?

I've been asking myself that same question.

why did they need to admit them to a health care facility to stop their cell phone usage?

Apparently, being dependent on a cellphone or on the internet to function will be treated now as an addiction, same as if you were an alcoholic or a drug addict.

or better yet, stop their kid's Cell Phone service?

That would've solved the problem, but I guess the parents feel better by saying their kids just have an addiction and let the doctors treated. They, maybe, are trying to get free of the responsibility.

I have a feeling the parents just didn't want to end up being the 'villians' in their children's lives.

I have the same feeling. It's easier to blame others than blame themselves for their irresponsibilty.

Lying to their parents for cell phone money, unable to function properly without them, it's creepy. But I don't have to worry about that 'cause I don't have a cell phone :).

omg I'm addicted to my mobile :eek:

seriously its hard enough to organize a piss up in a brewery these days

My, people will use the word "addiction" for anything these days.

That is depressingly hilarious.

1. Cell phone addiction? Come on! At least get a more dangerous addiction...

2. It is a sad day when people actually do become addicted to cellphones and things like them...

That is depressingly hilarious.

1. Cell phone addiction? Come on! At least get a more dangerous addiction...

2. It is a sad day when people actually do become addicted to cellphones and things like them...

It was hilarious and sad to read about these kids, I know.

I suspect that electronic devices are somehow physiologically addictive. Perhaps something as innocent as the blinking of the computer screen, the radiation, the glow of light somehow taps into dopamine production or something.

If companies and/or governments could combine crack and cell phones, why wouldn't they do it?

I suspect that electronic devices are somehow physiologically addictive. Perhaps something as innocent as the blinking of the computer screen, the radiation, the glow of light somehow taps into dopamine production or something.

If companies and/or governments could combine crack and cell phones, why wouldn't they do it?

You're diabolical in your thought process. But I like that.

Indeed, if companies were to find a way to combine phones and crack, they would hit the jackpot in addictive devices.:p

I've been asking myself that same question.

Apparently, being dependent on a cellphone or on the internet to function will be treated now as an addiction, same as if you were an alcoholic or a drug addict.



I would think it's more like a gambling addiction... No physical addiction to substances, but a compulsive behavior that threatens normal functioning and puts people in financial problems.

if under 16's can't use phones how are they supposed to chat people up?

By talking to them "face to face"? When I was 16 (yeah, yeah, the good old times :P) we didn't have mobile phones and we managed... I think this is the best demonstration that there is a problem with mobile phones :p

I would think it's more like a gambling addiction... No physical addiction to substances, but a compulsive behavior that threatens normal functioning and puts people in financial problems.



By talking to them "face to face"? When I was 16 (yeah, yeah, the good old times :P) we didn't have mobile phones and we managed... I think this is the best demonstration that there is a problem with mobile phones :p

QFT

We're substituing personal interaction with technology.

You're diabolical in your thought process. But I like that.

I didn't get a business degree for nothing!

Indeed, if companies were to find a way to combine phones and crack, they would hit the jackpot in addictive devices.:p

I think they already did...

Not just phones, but computers.

The futurists were wrong, soma wasn't a drug, it was a pretty blinking machine.

I didn't get a business degree for nothing!

Education. Money well spent!


I think they already did...

Not just phones, but computers.

The futurists were wrong, soma wasn't a drug, it was a pretty blinking machine.

Agreed.:p

QFT

We're substituting personal interaction with technology.

Typed the poster on an Internet forum...

Typed the poster on an Internet forum...

:p

Typed the poster on an Internet forum...

Is my assumption erred?;)

I've been asking myself that same question.

Apparently, being dependent on a cellphone or on the internet to function will be treated now as an addiction, same as if you were an alcoholic or a drug addict.

That would've solved the problem, but I guess the parents feel better by saying their kids just have an addiction and let the doctors treated. They, maybe, are trying to get free of the responsibility.

I have the same feeling. It's easier to blame others than blame themselves for their irresponsibilty.

in other words... Piss Poor Parenting.

I wonder if we can institutionalize those suffering from the P3?

Indeed, if companies were to find a way to combine phones and crack, they would hit the jackpot in addictive devices.:p

they already have. it's called the MORPG.

in other words... Piss Poor Parenting.

I wonder if we can institutionalize those suffering from the P3?

JuNii, sweetie, pardon my ignorance but, what's P3?:p

JuNii, sweetie, pardon my ignorance but, what's P3?:p

as I said in the sentence above...
Piss Poor Parenting
PPP or P3 :D

as I said in the sentence above...
Piss Poor Parenting
PPP or P3 :D

Ah, ok.:p
I thought, for some bizarre reason, that you were talking about the show Charmed.

Ah, ok.:p
I thought, for some bizarre reason, that you were talking about the show Charmed.

>.>

<.<

nice to meet another Charmed fan. :p

>.>

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nice to meet another Charmed fan. :p

'Sup.:p

parents don’t raze their children

Isn't that a good thing? :D

By talking to them "face to face"? When I was 16 (yeah, yeah, the good old times :P) we didn't have mobile phones and we managed... I think this is the best demonstration that there is a problem with mobile phones :p

We're substituing personal interaction with technology.

I think you both don't understand teenagers when it comes to talking to the opposite sex much less actually chatting one up :p

*is 20 next year so can talk*

I think you both don't understand teenagers when it comes to talking to the opposite sex much less actually chatting one up :p

*is 20 next year so can talk*

I don't think that's the issue here. We were all teenagers once. But when I was a teen (I'm 28, you reminded me of my age, I hate you!:mad:), I had a cellphone and I never heard of kids my age having addictions to it.

I think you both don't understand teenagers when it comes to talking to the opposite sex much less actually chatting one up :p

*is 20 next year so can talk*

when I was a teenager...

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err....

...

wait... I'll remember sooner or later...

:D

I don't think that's the issue here. We were all teenagers once. But when I was a teen (I'm 28, you reminded me of my age, I hate you!:mad:), I had a cellphone and I never heard of kids my age having addictions to it.

1) its okay you could be one of those yummy mommies :D
2) you had a cellphone in the 80's? :eek:
3) I'd wager that its just a normal obsession teens get only with mobile phones instead of getting pregnant or whatever it is kids do

SNIP

*wraps blanket around snoozing veteran*

1) its okay you could be one of those yummy mommies :D
2) you had a cellphone in the 80's? :eek:
3) I'd wager that its just a normal obsession teens get only with mobile phones instead of getting pregnant or whatever it is kids do

1) MILF material? Dear gods, no!:eek:
2) I had a cellphone when I was 18. That's in my teens and it was in '98. I ain't that decrepit, buster.:mad:
3) Weeeeeell... I rather have a teen addicted to his/her mobile than becoming pregnant or impreganting.:p

1) MILF material? Dear gods, no!:eek:

what's wrong with MILF?

what's wrong with MILF?

What's wrong with MILF? I don't have kids, so I can't be a MILF. I don't want kids, I'll never be a MILF.:(

What's wrong with MILF? I don't have kids, so I can't be a MILF. I don't want kids, I'll never be a MILF.:(

so you have no problems with the other three letters then? ;) :p

so you have no problems with the other three letters then? ;) :p

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I ain´t answering that. It could be damaging.:p