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Book

Screen-smart parenting : how to find balance and benefit in your child's use of social media, apps, and digital devices

Author

Jodi Gold

Call Number

  • 649.1 G6182 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York, NY : The Guilford Press, 2015.

Physical Description

xii, 314 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

"Even for today's most tech-savvy parents, managing kids' technology use is a huge challenge fraught with uncertainties. What kinds (and amounts) of screen time boost learning and development--and what kinds may be harmful? What is the right age for a game console or a smartphone? How can kids and teens be protected from cyberbullying and learn to be good digital citizens? What impact do parents' technology habits have? In her busy psychiatry practice--and while raising her own kids--Jodi Gold sees every day both the mind-boggling benefits and the serious downsides of technology. In a positive, accessible style, she gives parents a wealth of practical strategies for navigating the digital frontier and creating realistic, doable rules and expectations for the whole family"--

Contents

  • Introduction: Throw Away the Rule Book
  • I. The Brave New World
  • 1. Understanding Your Family's Digital Habitat: Cultivating Online Resilience and Digital Citizenship
  • 2. Digital Milestones: The Facts Behind How Technology Affects Your Child's Development
  • 3. The Digital Landscape: What You Need to Know about the Tech Terrain
  • 4. From the iPotty to Facebook Fame: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Digital Debates
  • II. Growing Up Digital
  • 5. Downloading in Diapers: Managing Your Child's Digital World before Preschool
  • Ages 0-2
  • 6. Digitods and Technotots: Everything You Need to Know about the Digital World You Learned in Kindergarten
  • Ages 3-5
  • 7. Digital Magic Years: The Calm before the Digital Storm of Middle School
  • Ages 6-8
  • 8. Welcome to the Frequent Flyer Club: Equipped with a Digital Boarding Pass and Ready to Take Off
  • Ages 8-10
  • 9. Tweens and the Texting Revolution: Digital Media Use at Its Peak
  • Ages 11-14
  • 10. Just Digital: Rewriting the Rules on Independence, Dating, Friends, and School
  • Ages 15-18
  • III. One Size Does Not Fit All
  • 11. The Digitally Challenging Child: Rewriting the Rules for Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, or Depression
  • 12. Don't Take Away the Phone! The Nuts and Bolts of Your Family Digital Technology Agreement
  • Resources.

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