Boys in Bedrooms

<p>Not adulting.</p><p>I feel like a boy living in an adult's body.</p><p>These words have been uttered by young men all over Australia who have been caught in technology addiction cycles. No jobs</p><p>no social life no partners with only the four walls of their bedrooms and their online world to keep them company. </p><p>These are The Boys in Bedrooms.</p><p>Fifteen years ago Jay Freeman a mental health social worker began to hear unusual stories from numerous emotionally and physically</p><p>drained Australian parents who were labouring over their adult son's bizarre social withdrawal behaviour and lack of emotional adulthood.</p><p>For those caught in severe long-term social withdrawal often as a result of earlier years' mismanaged or overwhelming events their</p><p>stories have become bleak. Lack of intervention from the family unit at the onset of social withdrawal has resulted in a generation</p><p>of young men in their thirties and forties becoming reliant on the support of their aging parents who should now be enjoying their</p><p>retirement.</p><p>Boys in Bedrooms: The Prison of the Mind has been written as a 'call to action' - a plea to free our young people from the incestuous</p><p>over-nurturing and technology-addiction cycles that have become evident within many homes. Supporting young men to grow and/or</p><p>heal by stepping into their adulthood is of paramount importance both for their mental health as well as the overall health and</p><p>protection of our nation.</p><p><br></p><p>Boys in Bedrooms: The Prison of the Mind contains a plethora of bounce-back strategies to help young men and their families break</p><p>their cycles of social withdrawal and computer addiction.</p>