Screen-Smart Parenting

How to Find Balance and Benefit in Your Child's Use of Social Media, Apps, and Digital Devices

By: Jodi Gold

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eText | 17 October 2014 | Edition Number 1

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314 Pages

Age
0 - 2

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24

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As a practicing child psychiatrist and mother of three, Jodi Gold has a unique understanding of both the mind-boggling benefits and the serious downsides of technology. Dr. Gold weaves together scientific knowledge and everyday practical advice to help you foster your child's healthy relationship to technology, from birth to the teen years. You'll learn:

*How much screen time is too much at different ages.
*What your kids and teens are actually doing in all those hours online.
*How technology affects social, emotional, and cognitive development.
*Which apps and games build smarts and let creativity shine.
*How your own media habits influence your children.
*What you need to know about privacy concerns, cyberbullying, and other dangers.
*Ways to set limits that the whole family can live with.

Winner (Second Place)—American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Child Health Category

Industry Reviews

"This is a timely and very interesting book….Gold does a balanced job of pointing out the hazards of excessive online activity as well as pointing out many of its benefits. For younger children, she provides a good number of positive resources which parents can draw upon. The basic rules of good parenting also apply to the online world and Gold very clearly emphasizes the need for good boundaries both online and offline as well as for consistent, reasoned, and nonoverreactive parent management of Internet errors….For any parent who is concerned about their children’s digital experience and for those who wish for more knowledge of what their children might be getting into, this can be a recommended book. The price…is remarkably reasonable given the thought and expertise that went into this book.”