Can Parents Win the Technology Arms Race – Aaron McGinley

They can if they realize what makes some children obsessed to a harmful degree with technology, and realize what it is about their own child that makes them vulnerable to this temptation explained Aaron McGinley, Program Chairman of Black Mountain Academy in North Carolina and very familiar with the latest technology to Lon November 16, 2016. Dopamine is a key to the reward center in the brain, explained McGinley, that is, key to motivation.  However, he continued, when children are vulnerable by difficulties in having positive social relationships such as often happens with children on the Autistic spectrum, with ADHD or self-harming, the emotional rewards they received from dopamine in success with computer games or many computer sites can easily lead to obsessions and self-destruction.   

Contact: Aaron McGinley 828-357-4383 AMcGinley@theBlackMountainAcademy.com www.theBlackMountainAcademy.com 

Lon Woodbury 208-267-7717 lonwoodbury@gmail.com www.strugglingteens.com

This is one of a series of short interviews about new developments in the network of private, parent-choice residential schools and programs helping struggling teens and young adults. The guests are innovative leaders in this network.