小孩对平板电脑上瘾了?

如果你的小孩有以下七种症状，可能他/她已经对平板电脑上瘾了。

1. 断瘾难受。戒酒或者戒毒的人会出现头痛或颤抖的症状。戒iPad也可能会引起身体不适。如果一个人被拿走iPad后他表现得易怒、焦虑或者情绪低落，那么他可能已对iPad产生不健康的依赖。
2. 依赖加重。正如瘾君子需要吸入越来越多的毒品，才能获得和以往一样的快感，iPad上瘾者对iPad的需求也越来越大。以前，玩10分钟iPad可能就很满足了，现在得需要一个小时、两个小时，甚至三个小时。
3. 失去兴趣。如果孩子以前爱踢足球、和小伙伴们一起玩耍，或者爬树，但现在对这些活动丝毫提不起兴趣，而只沉迷于iPad的话，那么这可能有问题了。偶尔喜欢iPad多于踢球的话没什么问题，但对iPad的兴趣超越一切其他活动的话，就有问题了。
4. 缺乏自制。上瘾的一个典型表现是缺乏自制力。虽说一个4岁的小孩很难以自律著称，但如果家长总是很难顺利地把iPad从孩子手里拿走、孩子必然会大吵大闹的话，这可能是孩子上瘾的表现。
5. 欺瞒。你可曾发现孩子偷偷把iPad藏起来，趁大人不注意的时候偷偷拿出来玩？如果孩子在使用iPad时出现类似的欺瞒行为，这也是一个红色警报。
6. 寄托。瘾君子可能会通过对一种事物或行为的沉迷来逃避负面情绪和感受，如沉迷于性、药物或者赌博，来逃避他们无法遏制的负面情绪。如果孩子也借助iPad来逃避难过、紧张等负面情绪，这也是个问题。
7. 影响学习和生活。人际关系不佳、学习成绩不好、工作表现差，这些都可能是上瘾的表现之一。孩子们失去朋友、成绩下滑，显示他们开始从现实世界抽离。


From physical withdrawal symptoms to losing touch with the outside world, here are seven signs your child may be hooked on the iPad

1. Withdrawal
Withdrawal from heroin or alcohol causes headaches and the shakes, but device addiction has physical withdrawal symptoms as well. In a 2011 study, researchers asked 1,000 college students around the world to go 24 hours without using their smartphones, other mobile devices or the Internet. Many reported symptoms such as anxiety and depression, and one anonymous student even said he or she was "itching like a crackhead" from the longing to use a phone.
If your child is irritable, anxious or sad after having the iPad is taken away, he or she may have an unhealthy attachment to the device.

2. Tolerance
Just as heroin addicts need bigger and bigger hits to get the same effect, iPad users can also develop a tolerance.
"Kids might have enjoyed it for 10 minutes, now they need it for an hour or two hours or three," Amitay said.
If playing 20 minutes of Math Ninja or Subway Surfer is no longer enough to make a kid happy, that may also be a sign of addiction.

3. Loss of interest
If children who once loved playing soccer, picking on their kid brother, or climbing trees have lost interest in all those activities in favor of hours of "Air Hockey Gold," it may signal a problem. (An occasional preference for the iPad over other activities isn't a problem; the screen craving has to be crowding out everything else to a significant degree.)

4. Lack of control
Addicts typically have an inability to control their usage. And though 4-year-olds are not known for their self-control, children may have a problem if parents have a really hard time taking the tablet away from their child without a huge meltdown.
On the other hand, parents of young children should be able to set limits, and a young child throwing a temper tantrum is not a sign of addiction on its own, Amitay said.

5. Deception
Have you caught Henry hiding underneath the kitchen table hunched over a lit-up screen, playing his favorite game? Yes, another red flag of addiction is children lying about iPad use, sneaking the iPad into their bedroom or other hideout, or otherwise deceiving family members to get more screen time.

6. Trouble dealing
Addicts often use a substance or an activity as a way of escaping from a negative mood or feeling.
"Whether it's sex, drugs or gambling, it's about other feelings that they can't control," Amitay said.
Kids who are using the iPad to avoid dealing with sad, stressful, or negative emotions could have a problem. For instance, if your kid always grabs the iPad after a fight with a sibling or a parent, he may be coping with his negative emotions using the iPad.

7. Losing opportunities
Losing significant relationships, failing in school, or performing poorly at work are all signs of addiction. Though young children have probably not lost their shot at the corner office as a result of too much Candy Crush Saga, they may be losing friends or their grades may be slipping.
"The idea is that the child is detaching from the world around them," Amitay said.