Giving your child a smartphone is like "giving them a gram of cocaine¹", a top addiction² therapist has warned.

一位顶级的瘾症治疗师警告称，给孩子一部智能手机好比“给他们一克可卡因”。

Harley Street rehab clinic specialist Mandy Saligari said screen time is too often overlooked as a potential vehicle for addiction in young people.

哈利街戒瘾所的专家曼迪·萨利嘉里说，屏幕时间也是让年轻人上瘾的潜在媒介，但常被人们忽视。

"I always say to people, when you're giving your kid a tablet or a phone, you're really giving them a bottle of wine or a gram of coke," she said.

她表示：“我经常对人们说，当你给孩子平板电脑或手机时，其实你是给了他们一瓶酒或者一克可卡因。”

"Why do we pay so much less attention to those things than we do to drugs and alcohol when they work on the same brain impulses?"

“平板电脑和手机能给大脑带来与毒品和酒精同样的刺激，但为什么与毒品和酒精相比，我们对它们的关注会少那么多呢？”

Giving your child a smartphone is like "giving them a gram of cocaine", a top addiction therapist has warned.

一位顶级的瘾症治疗师警告称，给孩子一部智能手机好比“给他们一克可卡因”。

Harley Street rehab clinic specialist Mandy Saligari said screen time is too often overlooked as a potential vehicle for addiction in young people.

哈利街戒瘾所的专家曼迪·萨利嘉里说，屏幕时间也是让年轻人上瘾的潜在媒介，但常被人们忽视。

"I always say to people, when you're giving your kid a tablet or a phone, you're really giving them a bottle of wine or a gram of coke," she said.

她表示：“我经常对人们说，当你给孩子平板电脑或手机时，其实你是给了他们一瓶酒或者一克可卡因。”

"Why do we pay so much less attention to those things than we do to drugs and alcohol when they work on the same brain impulses?"

“平板电脑和手机能给大脑带来与毒品和酒精同样的刺激，但为什么与毒品和酒精相比，我们对它们的关注会少那么多呢？”