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Dopamine kids : a science-based plan to rewire your child's brain and take back your family in the age of screens and ultraprocessed foods / Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD ; illustrations by Gabriella Trujillo.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doucleff, Michaeleen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child development--Popular works.
- Child development.
- Child psychology--Popular works.
- Child psychology.
- Child rearing.
- Cognition in children--Popular works.
- Cognition in children.
- Dopamine--Popular works.
- Dopamine.
- Emotions in children--Popular works.
- Emotions in children.
- Smartphones--Social aspects.
- Smartphones.
- Digital media--Social aspects.
- Digital media.
- Internet and children.
- Processed foods.
- Nutrition.
- Genre:
- Self-help publications.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 369 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Science-based plan to rewire your child's brain and take back your family in the age of screens and ultraprocessed foods
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Avid Reader Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "... A five-step operating manual for habit remodeling that is tailored for parents and their children. After rediscovering what's most important for your family, you'll learn how to create successful boundaries around screens and ultraprocessed foods; replace screen time with equally enticing activities; remove triggers that pull children toward screens and junk food; and, finally, celebrate your family's choices before, during, and after trying new hobbies. These five steps weaken the neurological pathways established by devices and make dopamine work in your favor to get kids to want to pursue high-quality activities that reduce anxiety, create better moods, and diversify interests."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- But she loves it so much: Take the wheel
- What's missing in our lives: Ride the motivational wave
- The most addictive screen on Earth: Celebrate to habituate
- The app builder's recipe for addiction: Shine the bright line rule (and the 3Ps)
- Phone noise and phantom limbs: Curate the cues
- What's better than willpower?
- Full protocol: How to build a sanctuary (and protect your family from ultraprocessed foods)
- Epilogue: When pleasure returns to life
- Four week transformation. Week 1: Sanctuary for conversion
- Week 2: Sanctuary for focus
- Week 3: Sanctuary for sleep
- Week 4: Sanctuary for adventure
- Fundamental needs. Beaver and bowerbird kids
- Task rabbits and skunks in a truck
- Brawls, brushes, and bonds
- Scary-but fun
- Little by little, step by step
- Beans, barley, and all that ferments
- Distraction, escape, and Goldilocks challenges
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-355) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781668049839
- 166804983X
- OCLC:
- 1573370848
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