Parenting for the Digital Age: The Truth Behind Media's Effect on Children and What to Do About It

Parenting for the Digital Age offers a thoughtful, experience-based look at how media shapes children’s behavior, relationships, and development—and how families can respond with intention rather than fear.

Drawing on insights from media culture and real-life parenting, Bill Ratner explores questions that are still at the center of today’s conversation: How does digital exposure influence attention, empathy, and identity? Where is the line between healthy engagement and overuse? And how can ...