We all know that addiction to the use of the internet is an unpleasant reality for children and adolescents, causing in many cases serious mental health problems.

The University of Athens implemented the ARIADNE  programme,  according to which  Mental Health Professionals have received special training  on the adolescent addiction to  the Internet.

One of these scientists visited our school on Friday 19/4/2019 and talked to the 4th, 5th and 6th grade  students.
He presented  the positive and negative aspects of using the internet, pointing out how easy it  is for a child to get addicted to using all these new smart devices. He explained to them the traps that certain online games hide, even putting their life in danger.
The children submitted very interesting questions as they had been prepared by their teachers, by completing questionnaires both in English and Greek.
The conclusions, many and interesting: but mostly we found out that today's children, although familiar with the social media, are not aware of the serious dangers they face being internet users for so many hours during the day.

We only hope that educational programmes like this will give food for thought  to all of us, students and teachers.