num_pages: 240
description:  Is technology drawing your family together or driving it apart?In this digital age children are spending more and more time interacting with a screen and less time playing outside reading a book or interacting with a parent. While technology can benefit us it can also erode a sense of togetherness and hinder a childs emotional and social development.In Growing Up Social Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane will empower you with the tools you need to make positive changes . . . starting today. Through stories wit and wisdom youll discover how to take back your home from an overdependence on screens. Plus youll learn to teach the five A skills that every child needs to master: affection appreciation anger management apology and attention.Learn how to:Replace mindless screen time with meaningful family timeEstablish simple boundaries that make a huge differenceDiscover what's working for families that have become screen savvyEquip your child to be relationally rich in a digital worldLearn healthy ways to occupy your child while you get things doneNow is the time to equip your child with a healthy involvement with screens and an even healthier involvement with others. 
language: English
title: Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World
publisher: Northfield Publishing