Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World
Parents often worry about raising kids in a tech-saturated world-the threats of cyberbullying, video game violence, pornography, and sexting may seem inescapable. While these dangers exist, there is a much more insidious way that technology can cause harm. Our tendency to overuse our screens is interfering with our ability to meet our basic needs. These include sleep, physical activity, and perhaps most importantly, our in-person relationships.



Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World guides parents in teaching their children how to reap the benefits of living in a digital world while also preventing its negative effects. Dr. Mike Brooks and Dr. Jon Lasser, psychologists with extensive experience working with kids, parents, and teachers, combine cutting-edge research and expertise to create an engaging and helpful guide that emphasizes the importance of the parent-child relationship. Brooks and Lasser provide strategies for preventing technology from becoming problematic in the first place; steps for addressing problems when they arise; and ways of intervening when problems are out of control. They also discuss the increasingly challenging issue of technology use in schools, and how parents can collaborate with educators when concerns arise over kids' use of technology.
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Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World
Parents often worry about raising kids in a tech-saturated world-the threats of cyberbullying, video game violence, pornography, and sexting may seem inescapable. While these dangers exist, there is a much more insidious way that technology can cause harm. Our tendency to overuse our screens is interfering with our ability to meet our basic needs. These include sleep, physical activity, and perhaps most importantly, our in-person relationships.



Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World guides parents in teaching their children how to reap the benefits of living in a digital world while also preventing its negative effects. Dr. Mike Brooks and Dr. Jon Lasser, psychologists with extensive experience working with kids, parents, and teachers, combine cutting-edge research and expertise to create an engaging and helpful guide that emphasizes the importance of the parent-child relationship. Brooks and Lasser provide strategies for preventing technology from becoming problematic in the first place; steps for addressing problems when they arise; and ways of intervening when problems are out of control. They also discuss the increasingly challenging issue of technology use in schools, and how parents can collaborate with educators when concerns arise over kids' use of technology.
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Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World

Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World

by Mike Brooks PhD, Jon Lasser PhD

Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen

Unabridged — 10 hours, 38 minutes

Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World

Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World

by Mike Brooks PhD, Jon Lasser PhD

Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen

Unabridged — 10 hours, 38 minutes

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Overview

Parents often worry about raising kids in a tech-saturated world-the threats of cyberbullying, video game violence, pornography, and sexting may seem inescapable. While these dangers exist, there is a much more insidious way that technology can cause harm. Our tendency to overuse our screens is interfering with our ability to meet our basic needs. These include sleep, physical activity, and perhaps most importantly, our in-person relationships.



Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World guides parents in teaching their children how to reap the benefits of living in a digital world while also preventing its negative effects. Dr. Mike Brooks and Dr. Jon Lasser, psychologists with extensive experience working with kids, parents, and teachers, combine cutting-edge research and expertise to create an engaging and helpful guide that emphasizes the importance of the parent-child relationship. Brooks and Lasser provide strategies for preventing technology from becoming problematic in the first place; steps for addressing problems when they arise; and ways of intervening when problems are out of control. They also discuss the increasingly challenging issue of technology use in schools, and how parents can collaborate with educators when concerns arise over kids' use of technology.

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"The use of examples like the ones mentioned in the book work so well to engage the reader that reading the book is an enjoyable experience as well as a learning opportunity. There are concrete and doable suggestions for parents to follow that should help to accommodate the use of the new technology while maintaining some of the best practices of the past." — Metapsychology Online Reviews


"We need to learn to achieve a "balanced use of technology" that will allow for the educated use of the many new devices available while still maintaining family and social connections... This book is an excellent way to learn strategies to do just that. It is a fact-based self-help book with a clear description of the problem; and with suggestions for coping as parents and consumers of digital materials..." — Metapsychology Online Reviews


"Relevant research that supports a balanced approach to technology use." —Library Journal, Starred Review


"...parents should find Brooks and Lasser's advice to be easily understood and solidly commensensical." —Publishers Weekly


"A welcome addition to the growing field of developmental psychology addressing the challenges of parenting in our tech-saturated times." —Shelf Awareness


"[Tech Generation] does a good job at approaching a notoriously tricky subject without ever coming across as preachy and without falling into the trap of over-simplifying the issues." —GeekMom

Product Details

BN ID: 2940173392633
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Publication date: 08/27/2019
Edition description: Unabridged
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