#5 Glow Kids by Nicholas Kardaras Ph.D

This book took me way longer than the previous books for various reasons. First, it reads slower. It has so much information, (it is extremely well researched) and it's not all written anecdotally. Second, Mateo's birthday party and his changing day sleep habits really messed with my schedule.

Ironically, I broke my resolution of not watching TV by myself as I was tackling this book. I chose to watch American Housewife or The Good Doctor instead of reading this book.  I told myself I was too tired to sit down and read and think and instead plugged into Facebook and shows. Obviously, I felt more tired, less upbeat at the end of the day. (The main reason I had made the resolution in the first place...)

I recommend this book, but it is scary. Dr Kardaras is an addiction specialist, and he talks about many intense cases. From a teenager that doesn't know if he's in an office or a video game to a sweet 11-year-old girl who started to bite and hit her parents... to exposing the Sandy Hook Killer's gaming habits... it's scary.

It's scary to me, trying to figure out how to raise our tiny boy in such an electronic society. Especially since I am so drawn to it, so easily addicted to the "Glow" as Dr. Kardaras calls it.

I think it's important to read about this and to be more proactive against technology addictions. It wasn't an easy read (nor a difficult one, just at times slow) but an important one. My mother in law actually recommended this book, every teacher in her school was told to read it.

Pages: 250
Total Page count: 1434