EPISODE · Dec 10, 2025 · 24 MIN
HANNAFORD: Get kids off their phones!
from Western Standard Shows · host Western Standard
Is technology is turning our kids into addicts? Short answer, in some cases, ‘yes.’ More than 12 per cent of Canadian Is technology is turning our kids into addicts? Short answer, in some cases, ‘yes.’ More than 12 per cent of Canadian teenage girls – almost one in eight – now show addiction-like symptoms in their relationship to their phones and social media. That looks like withdrawal, loss of control, emotional dependency – terms once associated more with substance abuse – but now increasingly used to describe the daily digital reality of young Canadians. Boys too, although they’re likely into more violent fare. This, according to Robin Sherk, an Ontario-based parent volunteer with Unplugged Canada and tonight’s guest on Hannaford.
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Is technology is turning our kids into addicts? Short answer, in some cases, ‘yes.’ More than 12 per cent of Canadian Is technology is turning our kids into addicts? Short answer, in some cases, ‘yes.’ More than 12 per cent of Canadian teenage girls – almost one in eight – now show addiction-like symptoms in their relationship to their phones and social media. That looks like withdrawal, loss of control, emotional dependency – terms once associated more with substance abuse – but now increasingly used to describe the daily digital reality of young Canadians. Boys too, although they’re likely into more violent fare. This, according to Robin Sherk, an Ontario-based parent volunteer with Unplugged Canada and tonight’s guest on Hannaford.
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