[HIGHLIGHTS] Your child's phone addiction causes him to develop digital dementia. How do you fix what technology has messed up?

German neuroscientist and psychiatrist Manfred Spitzer coined the term "digital dementia" in 2012. Spitzer explained that the brain resembles muscles, growing when used, and atrophiing when neglected.

overexposure to the screen during critical periods of development in millennials will lead to mild cognitive impairment from early to mid-adulthood. Excessive exposure to screens also increases the risk of mental disorders, impairs remembering and learning skills, and threatens risk of neurodegenerative disease in adulthood.