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Screen-smart parenting : how to find balance and benefit in your child's use of social media, apps, and digital devices / Jodi Gold, MD ; foreword by Tory Burch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; London : The Guilford Press, 2015Description: xii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1462515533 (paperback)
  • 1462517943
  • 9781462515530 (paperback)
  • 9781462517947
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction: Throw away the rule book -- I; THE BRAVE NEW DIGITAL WORLD. Understanding your family's digital habitat : cultivating online resilience and digital citizenship ; Digital milestones : the facts behind how technology affects your child's development ; The digital landscape : what you need to know about the tech terrain ; From the Ipotty to FaceBook fame : the good, the bad, and the ugly of the digital debates -- II: GROWING UP DIGITAL. Downloading in diapers : managing your child's digital world before preschool--ages 0-2 ; Digitods and technotots : everything you need to know about the digital world you learned in kindergarten--ages 3-5 ; Digital magic years : the calm before the digital storm of middle school--ages 6-8 ; Welcome to the frequent flyer club : equipped with a digital boarding pass and ready to take off--ages 8-10 ; Tweens and the texting revolution : digital media use at its peak--ages 11-14 ; Just digital : rewriting the rules on independence, dating, friends, and school--ages 15-18 -- III: ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. The digitally challenging child : modifying the rules for kids with ADHD, anxiety, and depression ; Don't take away the phone! : The nuts and bolts of your family digital technology agreement.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 649.1 G618 Available 33111007973114
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-296) and index.

Introduction: Throw away the rule book -- I; THE BRAVE NEW DIGITAL WORLD. Understanding your family's digital habitat : cultivating online resilience and digital citizenship ; Digital milestones : the facts behind how technology affects your child's development ; The digital landscape : what you need to know about the tech terrain ; From the Ipotty to FaceBook fame : the good, the bad, and the ugly of the digital debates -- II: GROWING UP DIGITAL. Downloading in diapers : managing your child's digital world before preschool--ages 0-2 ; Digitods and technotots : everything you need to know about the digital world you learned in kindergarten--ages 3-5 ; Digital magic years : the calm before the digital storm of middle school--ages 6-8 ; Welcome to the frequent flyer club : equipped with a digital boarding pass and ready to take off--ages 8-10 ; Tweens and the texting revolution : digital media use at its peak--ages 11-14 ; Just digital : rewriting the rules on independence, dating, friends, and school--ages 15-18 -- III: ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. The digitally challenging child : modifying the rules for kids with ADHD, anxiety, and depression ; Don't take away the phone! : The nuts and bolts of your family digital technology agreement.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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