What should I do if my child is addicted to the Internet?

  Teenagers’ psychological needs are not met in reality, so they seek better satisfaction on the Internet to compensate for the lack of reality; the more psychological needs are missing in reality, the greater the advantage of Internet satisfaction, which leads to a more serious trend of teenage Internet addiction. Let’s go back to our family to see if the family is satisfying these psychological needs of our children? Here is a scene we may see: A elementary school student is doing his homework, mom is on the sofa with her cell phone, dad is on the computer, grandma is watching TV, grandpa is playing a game with his pad, the child is asking some questions from time to time, and mom is responding without raising her head. If the child grows up in such an environment for a long time, he may turn to the Internet to satisfy some of his psychological needs.  Systemic family therapy theory puts the individual in the context of the family system. A child’s problem is not necessarily the child’s problem, but may be the problem of the whole family system. Therefore, the whole family and the child need to work together to prevent Internet addiction. Here are some suggestions for parents to prevent Internet addiction from the family’s perspective: When you are with your child, put down your cell phone and other electronic products. If parents spend their free time with their cell phones or pads all day long, over time the child will learn to be interested in electronic products only, to satisfy their own entertainment needs through the Internet, and not interested in other things.  High-quality companionship means that the child’s heart is in the child’s mind, and the child’s attention is total, no cell phone, no computer, only companionship. When parents are with their children while playing with their cell phones, this is not companionship, because their hearts are not with their children at this time. Parents also need to learn to put down electronic products, and children together to contact the world, explore the world, and cultivate children’s interests, hobbies and curiosity about the world.  Encourage your child to use the Internet appropriately to meet your child’s needs for entertainment, interaction, knowledge and information through the Internet. In modern society, the Internet has changed people’s way of life, and it is affecting people’s lives in a more profound way. If you don’t use the Internet at all, you may find it difficult to walk in society in the future. Children can be encouraged to go online to get information, learn new knowledge and make more use of the positive features of the Internet. In the entertainment and friendships through the Internet, to help children in the process of building self-control, is to have control of play, parents can not be banned, if completely prohibited and repressed instead, children will lose the opportunity to learn to control themselves, once the child leaves the parents to gain freedom, may be a hair.  Try to use electronic products less to strengthen the child For example, you perform well to buy you …… When the child cries and disobeys, the figure saves the child to play games. Especially at the elementary school level, the self-control of elementary school students has not yet been established, parents can cultivate more interest in nature, music, art and other hobbies.  Establishing rules This is important for elementary and middle school students. Elementary school is an important stage for establishing rules, and the main task of primary and secondary school is learning. If you have to buy your child a cell phone or a computer because of some circumstances, you must make an appointment with your child. For example, only use the phone when necessary, define clearly the necessary time, the time and rules for playing games, etc.