The phrase "addicted kids" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe children who have developed a dependency on a particular substance or activity, such as drugs or video games.
Example: "The documentary highlighted the struggles of addicted kids and the impact on their families."
Alternatives: "dependent children" or "children with addictions".
They said, 'They're just junkies — let them die.' Now some of the same people who used to yell at me about why I cared about the junkies are asking for help for their addicted kids".
With this insight, we can begin to understand that the problem of American schools may be less about instruction, spending, and those video-game addicted kids that can't read, and more about poverty and family support.
There are behavioral and pharmacological treatments that can save lives and bring even seriously addicted kids into long-term recovery.
In the meantime, the opioid crisis will continue to leave its mark on Americans of every age: babies born addicted, kids inundating foster care, addicts overdosing in public places, and grandparents who find themselves gaining custody of young children.
Another recent study found that the brain chemistry of kids who fell into the category of smartphone or Internet addiction was different from that of non-addicted kids.
PARENTS of drug-addicted kids learn the hard way that when we think things can't get worse, they do.
Three days after the plea, on Nov. 20, government social workers were flown in to Sheshatshiu to assess the gas-addicted kids.
It's a salve to the conscience of any parent who feels that their smartphone-addicted kids are not getting their full quota of whittling, woodcraft and bracing outdoorsy fun.
"It'll take a long time to realize all the ramifications of the epidemic: the crack-addicted kids, the kids with crack-addicted parents, the boarder babies, the H.I.V. transmission.
Researchers say that our overscheduled and media-addicted kids, especially teens, are experiencing an epidemic of sleep disorders and that this is contributing to all sorts of health issues, including obesity, depression, anxiety, hyperactivity, enhanced appetite, mood issues, slower reaction times and degraded memory.
The aim: to introduce entertainment-overloaded, iPad-addicted kids to active listening, vinyl records and the lessons within the grooves.
