The art of screen time : how your family can balance digital media and real life / Anya Kamenetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamenetz, Anya, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet and families.

Internet and children.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Internet addiction.

Families.

Parent and child.

FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General.

PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child.

Local Subjects:

FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General.

PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child.

Physical Description:

ix, 266 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, 2018.

Summary:

"Today's babies often make their debut on social media with the very first sonogram. They begin interacting with screens at around four months old. But is this good news or bad news? A wonderful opportunity to connect around the world? Or the first step in creating a generation of addled screen zombies? Many have been quick to declare this the dawn of a neurological and emotional crisis, but solid science on the subject is surprisingly hard to come by. In The Art of Screen Time, Anya Kamenetz--an expert on education and technology, as well as a mother of two young children--takes a refreshingly practical look at the subject. Surveying hundreds of fellow parents on their practices and ideas, and cutting through a thicket of inconclusive studies and overblown claims, she hones a simple message, a riff on Michael Pollan's well-known "food rules": Enjoy Screens. Not too much. Mostly with others. This brief but powerful dictum forms the backbone of a philosophy that will help parents moderate technology in their children's lives, curb their own anxiety, and create room for a happy, healthy family life with and without screens."--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Part I: Kids and screens

Digital parenting in the real world

The (sometimes) scary science of screens

Emerging evidence

You have the power: positive parenting with media

An hour at a time: how real families navigate screens

Screens at school

Part II: Our own devices: parents and screens

The mom with her phone at the playground

Modern families: parents and screens

The future of digital parenting

TL;DR: the art of screen time in five minutes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-252) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kamenetz, Anya, 1980- Art of screen time.

ISBN:

9781610396721

1610396723

OCLC:

1004769882

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