The Big 3
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The Big 3
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If there are three things teenagers tell me in my office that they understand with their parents, it’s this:
1) “I’m trying harder than you think in school.”
2) “Video games are more than just wasting time.”
3) “My phone isn’t just a screen, it’s my lifeline”.
For many parents, poor grades, video games, and cell phones can feel very frustrating and confusing at the same time. But sometimes, it can make a parent hypervigilant. But for many teenagers, they are often interconnected with pressure, identity, and a way to escape reality. How can we pause to take a moment and see it from both sides, rather than arguing, saying, “I am the parent and what I say goes!” We need to understand each other, both as parents and as teenagers, especially since neurodivergence plays a huge part in this.
In today’s episode, we are going into actual research that supports the struggles with academic challenges, video gaming, and phone use, the good, the bad, and the misunderstood, and how it can negatively impact moods and behaviors, but why it benefits the teenager with neurodivergence.