Parents and Digital Technology: How to Raise the Connected Generation by Suzie H

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Children today are digital natives, growing up in an age where social media and online communication is the norm. This book is an indispensable guide for parents who may feel they are struggling to keep up, addressing the issues that young people and their families face in the world of modern technology. Suzie Hayman, a parenting counsellor, and John Coleman, a distinguished psychologist, use their combined expertise to explore the challenges and possibilities of being constantly connected, helping parents to make choices about how they communicate, set boundaries and establish rules.Using real-world examples and solid psychological theory, the book looks first at the anxieties parents express about digital technology, followed by the serious potential threats such as cyber-bullying, sexting and easy access to pornographic or violent materials. However, the internet is also full of enormous potential and a further chapter explores the positive side of the digital playground. The authors also share their expert understanding of child and adolescent development and how this relates to the appeal of digital media, with special attention paid to the importance of good communication. The end result is a toolbox for parents, full of tips, strategies and techniques designed to help navigate the digital world, ensuring it is safe yet still exciting for young people.Parents and Digital Technology is essential reading for all parents and guardians as well as those caring for children and teenagers in a professional setting, who want to get the best out of life and modern technology while keeping safe in a family that talks to each other, spends time with each other and enjoys each other.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Notes

Practical support for parents by trained professionals in how to deal with issues of digital media.

Author Biography

Suzie Hayman is a Relate-trained counsellor, an accredited parenting educator, an agony aunt and the author of 30 books on parenting.John Coleman is a psychologist whose primary interest is adolescence. His pioneering work with parents and families has been widely recognised, and in 2001 he was awarded an OBE for his services to young people.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. What Parents Tell us about their Worries 3. The Impact of the Digital World on the Family 4. The Actual Threats of the Digital World 5. The Opportunities of the Digital World 6. Child Development and Technology 7. Adolescent Development and Technology 8. Positive Parenting 9. The Importance of Communication 10. Co-Parenting 11. A Family Digital Strategy; Appendix: More Help Support and Information

Review

"The authors provide valuable information for parents when it comes to addressing their children's use of digital media, as well as their own, and for parents, who often use much digital media themselves, to focus on their families and limit screen time for both young children and adolescence."- Hennie Weiss, Metapsychology

Review Quote

"The authors provide valuable information for parents when it comes to addressing their children's use of digital media, as well as their own, and for parents, who often use much digital media themselves, to focus on their families and limit screen time for both young children and adolescence." - Hennie Weiss, Metapsychology

Details ISBN1138933163 Author John Coleman Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd ISBN-10 1138933163 ISBN-13 9781138933163 Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Language English Media Book Year 2016 Birth 1949 DEWEY 155.924 Short Title PARENTS & DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Subtitle How to Raise the Connected Generation Publication Date 2016-04-05 Pages 234 UK Release Date 2016-04-05 AU Release Date 2016-04-05 NZ Release Date 2016-04-05 Alternative 9781138933156 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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