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What are good ways to keep busy for a teenager with facebook addiction?

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Facebook addiction: Entice your teenager to work out, either at home or at the gym. Get her involved in community activities, volunteering at the hospital or library, babysitting. Have her pick up a sport - the simplest ones are walking, running.And bike-riding. Most expensive proposition - go shopping. Also, develop hobbies like playing an instrument. Millions more activities there.

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Dr. Dheeraj Raina answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Spend time/have fun: A key element of appropriate treatment of any addiction is substitution of dysfunctional addictive rituals with functional rituals. Figure out a way to engage your teenager in social activities in the real (as opposed to the virtual) world. Some of them might involve you spending time with him/her. Also certain apps on mobile phones and add-ons in computer browsers can help set limits.

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