Compernolle explains: “If teenagers allow themselves to be constantly disturbed, they need much more time to learn, make many more mistakes and experience much more stress. They also enjoy themselves much less.” Compernolle argues that children multitask more often because of their smartphones. He states that multitasking means you work much less efficiently.
Compernolle wrote the book ‘Free Your Child’s Brain: From Screen Addiction to Digital Freedom’. He explains the aim of the book as follows: “In this book, I want to demonstrate how we can ensure that children do not become screen slaves with an inefficient fragmented brain, but masters who use their wonderful technologies freely and digitally to learn, consume and entertain themselves with focus.”
About the book
If parents and teachers do not teach our children and teenagers how to deal with digital media in a healthy way, for their own benefit, then the ‘antisocial media’ will do so, for their commercial benefit. And that is very detrimental to the well-being of our children. Social media, apps, messages, gaming... are fantastic for young people, but they often disrupt the attention needed to carry out tasks with concentration.
Compernolle’s book provides a well-founded and practical answer to questions such as: Is the number of hours your child spends on a screen actually normal? Does gaming and using social media hinder your child’s ability to learn? And how can you protect your children from excessive use of digital media? Author Theo Compernolle not only describes the best approach, but also explains why. Because when people understand how they can free their children’s brains, they will be much better able to come up with their own creative solutions.