Before declaring war on a child's addiction to smartphones and social networks, parents need to pay attention to one detail.
Often such attempts are doomed to failure simply because, by taking something away from the child, adults offer nothing in return.
Family psychologist Sergei Lang told Vecherniy Sankt-Peterburg how to properly combat children's addiction to gadgets.
The expert's words should be taken into account. Fighting gadget addiction does not involve bartering or bargaining.
Parents should raise their children by personal example. In this case, it would be better to start with reading books - real, printed editions.
If adults read e-books on their phones, children will also spend time with their phones, but in their own way.
The next important point is to establish a rule for spending time together.
Dinner or another meal, watching a movie together, or playing board games should be done without gadgets.
Any child or teenager will be stubborn at first without a phone, but parents should insist.
It is important to remember that, having taken something away from a child, no matter what, it is important to give something in return.
