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Raising a screen-smart kid : embrace the good and avoid the bad in the digital age / Julianna Miner.

by Miner, Julianna.

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TarcherPerigee, 2019.

Internet and children -- Safety measures.

Smartphones -- Social aspects.

Parenting -- Psychological aspects.

9780143132073 (pbk.)

276 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index.

"Most kids get their first smartphone at the same time that they're experiencing major developmental changes. Making mistakes has always been a part of growing up, but how do parents help their kids navigate childhood and adolescence at a time when social media has the potential to magnify the consequences of those mistakes? Rather than spend all their time worrying about the worst-case scenario, readers get a bigger-picture understanding of their kids' digital landscape. Drawing on research and interviews with educators, psychologists, and kids themselves, Raising a Screen-Smart Kid offers practical advice on how parents can help their kids avoid the pitfalls and reap the benefits of the digital age by: using social media to enhance connection with friends and family, instead of following strangers and celebrities, which is a predictor of loneliness and depression; finding online support and community for conditions such as depression and eating disorders, while avoiding potential triggers such as #Thinspiration Pinterest boards; learning and developing life skills through technology--for example, by problem-solving in online games--while avoiding inappropriate content."--From publisher.

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