104. When a Neuroscientist Says iPads Cause ADHD — And You Wonder if You've Damaged Your Kids with Amanda Moses

About this episode

Amanda Moses discusses the misconceptions around screen time and ADHD, debunking claims made by a neuroscientist in a viral clip.

Sometimes the only thing that got you through the day was the iPad. And then you scrolled past a clip telling you screens are rewiring your kid's brain. Causing ADHD. Making them socially broken. And your stomach dropped. You weren't being lazy. You were trying to regulate yourself before you said something you'd regret. But the guilt arrived anyway. Right on cue. This week, Amanda Moses — senior psychologist, ADHD and autism assessor, the woman who actually trains other psychologists in this space — sits down to go through the Osher Günsberg clip line by line. The one with the neuroscientist claiming 'digital ADHD' is now the majority of cases. The one your mother-in-law sent you. The one that made you feel sick. Amanda brings the receipts. None of them say what he said they said. What We Cover The 'digital ADHD' claim — and what the actual heritability research says (74-80%, by the way) Why your phone notification is not going to give you a heart attack, no matter how many amygdala fight-or-flight diagrams someone draws The 'still face' babies story — what the research actually shows about distraction Why online connection counts — especially for autistic women, regional mums…

People in this episode

Host: Jane McFadden

Guest: Amanda Moses

Topics covered

• ADHD
• digital ADHD
• parenting guilt
• screen time
• mental health
• research analysis

Keywords

• ADHD
• iPads
• screen time
• parenting
• mental health
• neuroscience
• guilt
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Management Strategies for ADHD

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