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Raising a Screen-Smart Kid: Embrace the Good and Avoid the Bad in the Digital Age
Raising a Screen-Smart Kid: Embrace the Good and Avoid the Bad in the Digital Age | Julianna Miner
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For parents who didn't grow up with smartphones but can't let go of them now, expert advice on raising kids in our constantly connected world 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 Written by a public health expert and the creator of the popular blog Rants from Mommyland, this book shows parents how to help their kids navigate friendships, bullying, dating, self-esteem, and more online.
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Buchbeeg
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Love learning about the science behind why kiddos do what they do from Julianna Miner. She is hilarious and relatable. At times reading this felt overwhelming, as though there was so much to keep track of and do.... But at the end of each chapter there is a list of takeaways which essentially keeps track of things to do. If you have a kiddo aged 10 and up, I'd pick this book up! 🌈

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Buchbeeg
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" His peers might not consider the image to be contro- versial. They may in fact see it as completely normal, or possibly as kind of edgy and cool. Is weed considered edgy anymore? I have no idea. I drive a minivan and buy my jeans at Costco, so I'm not the personh to answer that. In any case...."
? I love this book.

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Buchbeeg
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💗 Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts, The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, Raising a Screen Smart Kid by Juliana Miner
💗 Hmmmm...... I don't think I have one.
💗 Hidden Figures Young Readers addition to my kiddo las week.
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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Buchbeeg
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1) Blood and Bone by Nora Robert's, The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman, Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, Raising a Screen Smart Kid by Juilanna Miner (tagged)
2) The Haunting of Blackwood House by Darcy Coates
3) The Witcher!

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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MelissaSue81
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This book took me a little bit to get through because it didn‘t always hold my attention but in the end I enjoyed it and found it useful. The takeaway is that every kid and every family is different and what works for me might not work for you. It also mostly makes social media, phones and the internet seem a little less scary then they are sometimes made out to be. This is a book I‘d recommend to other parents of tweens. #NFNov

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MelissaSue81
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Isn‘t this the truth?! #NFNov @Clwojick @rsteve388

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MelissaSue81
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This made me LOL, because I am 38, but things were very much like this when I was first dating/crushing on my husband, way back in 2001, but with AIM instead of Snapchat and texting. #nfnov @rsteve388 @Clwojick

TheAromaofBooks haha AIM was the best! 4y
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MelissaSue81
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Next up for #NFNov. This challenge is motivating me to get through some of my unread library books.

Chelsea.Poole Me too! Seems like a bunch of my nonfiction books get set aside from the library. 4y
Scochrane26 Most of my tbr on Litsy is NF because everyone recommends great books. But, I‘m much more likely to read fiction, even though I want to learn. 4y
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Buchbeeg
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"No wonder it's hard to have any true perspective on this- we're still in the middle of it"

From 38 years to 19 days! Sure does put things in perspective.

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Buchbeeg
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This comes out tomorrow and I am overly excited about it. This momma is hilarious and exactly who I need teaching me about this stressful topic 😆

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