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How to Raise a Healthy Gamer End Power Struggles, Break Bad Screen Habits, and Transform Your Relationship with Your Kids

Alok Kanojia MD MPH

A former gamer and Harvard-trained psychiatrist offers a proven, tested plan to help parents define, set, and reinforce healthy boundaries around video games and help kids who have developed an addiction to gaming. How much should I let them play? How do I get them to be interested in anything else...

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The Mel Robbins Podcast

The book was highlighted as Dr. K’s new release that tackled technology addiction and offered practical dialogue for improving screen habits, especially for parents. Mel Robbins noted that reading it had altered her own phone use and how she discusses technology with her children, and Dr. K emphasized its usefulness for anyone seeking behavior‑change conversations. Both hosts presented it as a valuable, bestselling resource.

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Episode: Before You Waste Time, Listen to This

Dr. K mentions his new book, which he says has changed his relationship with technology, his phone habits, and how he talks to his kids about it. He also suggests that the book has useful dialogue for conversations about changing behavior.

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I tracked down Dr. K because I read his new book and it has changed my relationship with technology. It has changed my habits with my phone. It's changed how I talk to my kids and my loved ones about it.

His YouTube channel, Healthy Gamer GG has over 2 million followers and he's the author of the brand new bestselling book, How to Raise a Healthy Gamer.

There's a ton of sample dialogue in How to Raise a Healthy Gamer, which by the way has been useful for not people who are parents, but just anyone who wants to have a conversation with someone about changing their behavior.

Episode: How to Get Motivated Even When You Don’t Feel Like...

It was mentioned as Dr. K's new book at the time, and it focuses on overcoming technology addiction, especially within the context of video game players.

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And they also train clinicians in Dr. Kay's methodology, his YouTube channel, Healthy Gamer Gigi, has over two million followers and he's the author of the new book, How to Raise a Healthy Gamer.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

The hosts highlighted the book as a practical guide for parents to address modern stressors like video‑game, phone, and pornography addiction, noting its advice on emotional regulation and how to start difficult conversations. They referenced specific chapters on phone addiction and early exposure to porn, and encouraged listeners to pre‑order the title.

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Episode: The Male Psychology Doctor: “We’ve Produced Millio...

Dr Alok's book, "How to Raise a Healthy Gamer" provides advice on dealing with modern stressors such as video games and pornography addiction, and offers tools for emotional regulation. It was discussed in the context of the challenges facing young men in today's society.

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You can pre-order Dr Alok's book, 'How to Raise a Healthy Gamer', here: https://amzn.to/3V5jfLV

My book is how to raise a healthy gamer.

Reading through your book, I think phone addiction, which you talk about in chapter seven, is maybe the thing that none of us see as an addiction, but we're probably addicted.

I've read in your book as well that those people are typically exposed to pornography at a younger age.

Chapter five, the first conversation. The hardest thing about talking to someone about an addiction they have is that the first conversation has to be open without it affecting their gaming addiction, in this case.

Episode: The Brain Rot Dr: Porn Is A Dopamine Disaster, How...

The episode description offered a link to order Dr. Alok's book, How to Raise a Healthy Gamer.

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You can order Dr Alok's book, 'How to Raise a Healthy Gamer'.

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