Screen-smart parenting
Subtitle: how to find balance and benefit in your child's use of social media, apps, and digital devices
By: Jodi Gold, MD ; foreword by Tory Burch
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781462515530
Subjects: Internet and children; Parenting; Social media
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Throw Away the Rule Book; title: I. The Brave New World. 1. Understanding Your Family's Digital Habitat: Cultivating Online Resilience and Digital Citizenship; title: 2. Digital Milestones: The Facts Behind How Technology Affects Your Child's Development; title: 3. The Digital Landscape: What You Need to Know about the Tech Terrain; title: 4. From the iPotty to Facebook Fame: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Digital Debates; title: II. Growing Up Digital; title: 5. Downloading in Diapers: Managing Your Child's Digital World before Preschool; title: Ages 0-2; title: 6. Digitods and Technotots: Everything You Need to Know about the Digital World You Learned in Kindergarten; title: Ages 3-5; title: 7. Digital Magic Years: The Calm before the Digital Storm of Middle School, Ages 6-8; title: 8. Welcome to the Frequent Flyer Club: Equipped with a Digital Boarding Pass and Ready to Take Off, Ages 8-10; title: 9. Tweens and the Texting Revolution: Digital Media Use at Its Peak, Ages 11-14; title: 10. Just Digital: Rewriting the Rules on Independence, Dating, Friends, and School; title: Ages 15-18; title: III. One Size Does Not Fit All. 11. The Digitally Challenging Child: Rewriting the Rules for Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression; title: 12. Don't Take Away the Phone! The Nuts and Bolts of Your Family Digital Technology Agreement; title: Resources.