For many families, the holidays can mean long stretches of unstructured time and visits with relatives, who often bring over the latest video games...even if you decide you're going to cut back.  Parents often report feeling guilty if they can't buy their child the latest iPad or video game, because all their kids' friends have them, and they don't want them to feel left out.  

I can tell you, though, that every year I see a rash of youngsters come in who've experienced dramatic symptom exacerbation after the holidays are over and school begins.  Here's a clip from a radio interview I did last week on this topic, that summarizes electronics' effects on the nervous system: