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Can’t pry your teen with ADHD off the screen? Start here. (opens in new tab)

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Excessive gaming is associated with worsening ADHD symptoms over time, not just correlated with them. Sleep loss, reduced physical activity, social withdrawal, and a flattened reward system stack on top of the ADHD your teen already manages. Meanwhile, time in green space has measurable, replicated effects on attention and impulse control. The cost of doing nothing is not just a difficult evening — it is a feedback loop in which the screen makes the symptoms worse, and the worsening symptoms ...

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