"One of my sons, I took it away, and it was a pretty dramatic, very violent outburst," said Dr. Timothy J. Farnum, a father of five who is an anesthesiologist by training. "He was very addicted to this little machine. It kind of scared me, and that's really how it started."
Farnum said he was disturbed by his 10- and 11-year-olds' loss of interest in activities such as playing outside, as well as research on the potentially harmful impacts of excessive technology use.
