Many parents find it more difficult today to protect children from online threats than against those that exist in the real world. Is that right
With yl - under such a nickname occurs on the streaming platform an American teenager who plays the popular "Fortnite" day after day for 10 hours. A shooter, sometimes brutal, without a thrilling storyline. The boy leaves the monitor only to use the toilet or to grab something to eat from the kitchen. And so over and over for almost three months. In short: the clinical picture of network addiction. Or at least the case of a teenager could be assessed by a psychologist.
Perhaps he would change his mind if he knew all the facts. Zyl has a specific purpose. He plays because he wants to raise money for his dad's cancer patient. When he started, he was one of millions of users. But when he revealed what the rate was, in two weeks he collected 13 thousand. dollars. and gained 20 thousand followersów. During one of the streams he described what was happening to his dad: "Stage III cancer, with liver and lung metastases. Without treatment, oncologists give him less than a year. " Then the leading players joined the action, thanks to which the teenager heard about the entire gaming world. Zyl recently published another piece of information: "The chemistry given to dad works. If he goes on like this, he will have surgery. Dad's chances are rising. All my family thank you! "
Marta Witkowska from the NASK digital education department explains that 60 percent teenagers use the internet in the usual way - to look for data, addresses, opportunities. Only 5 percent he uses it for purposes definitely different from the rest. This group includes both those who are risky and Internet Samaritans. - Instead of demonizing the network indefinitely, let's start thinking about it as an ordinary tool that only takes effect in the hands of its user. When we realize this, the use of simple bans and scaring will lose sense - emphasizes Witkowska.
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NASK recently conducted research involving in-depth interviews with young people aged 13-18 who blogs about their passions - photography, travel, animals, fashion, handicrafts (in the DIY style). - Thanks to them we saw a different world of teenagers. The one in which the internet is used to develop skills - says Marta Witkowska. But this picture is not pink at all.
