The articel "screentime is making kid moody, crazy and lazy" is written by Victoria L. Dunckley M.D who is a psychiatrist for children, adolescent and adult in West Los Angeles. She is also a former writer in psychlogy today. She has written numerous article wthin her areas of expertise beside being a passionate psychiatrist that help patients explore their path to mental wellness.
The author's aim in writing this article is to tell the readers that too much time spent on smartphones, tablets, and any android are causing children behaving strangely. Children seems to be in high arousal levels which somehow effects their daily life academically and socially. Then the writer is saying that both parents and clinicians are falsely making assumption that these kids are experiencing mental illness and by trying to have their children mental illness and by trying to have their kids a mental health diagnosis, they may be barking up the wrong tree said the author.
Looking at the argument presented by the author, the author had provided multi dimensional evidences to support her claim. For example, in the article she was able to give six physiological mechanisms that explain electronics tendency to produce mood disturbance. Being a psychiatrist herself makes reader feel assured that she knows what she's talking about, therefore convince people to agree with all her claim. The author is being straightforward in her writing throughout this article advice given before ending her writting shows how serious she is in this particular matter.
The overall purpose of this article is to correct the misunderstanding among parents and clinicians that children mood disturbance is due to mental illness but just excessive use of electronic devices. The writer has been successful in doing so with all the facts that she bring forward.
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