All-Russian Gadget Addiction Prevention Week

15 June 2026, Monday

Why does a child go into the virtual world and where are you at the edge, after which interest becomes a real exaggeration, with all the ensuing consequences? We talked about this with the head of the psychological laboratory of the Republican Clinical Narcological Dispensary, clinical psychologist Lilia Zaitseva.

- Lilia Bulatovna, what are the psychological reasons why a child goes into the virtual world? What is he missing here in the real world?

- One-digit. Even if it looks outwardly that the child has gone into the game, then that he is super-interesting, super-cool, there is actually a psychological involvement in the fact that he is very interested in what is here. Perhaps the child lacks recognition, understanding, security, and even more predictability. The main reasons why a child walks are potency in acceptance, potency in recognition, for example, at school and at home.

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