If children spend too much time on cell phones and social media, it can affect their ability to find their identity, says addiction expert Christoph Simbeck. A conversation about healthy boredom and the question of what parents can do.
The average screen time for young people is four to five hours, as Christoph Simbeck learned during his numerous school lectures. As head of youth addiction counseling and prevention at “Neon – Prevention and Addiction Help in Rosenheim” he is the speaker at an online parent information evening taking place on Monday, November 20th, organized by the Addiction counseling of the Ebersberg district office. In the interview, the 38-year-old reveals why constant digital stress is particularly dangerous for finding one’s identity and why it is so important to be able to endure boredom.