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Growing Up Social
Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World | Gary D. Chapman, Arlene Pellicane
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Is technology drawing your family together or driving it apart? In this digital age, children are spending more and more time interacting with a screen and less time playing outside, reading a book, or interacting with a parent. While technology can benefit us, it can also erode a sense of togetherness and hinder a child’s emotional and social development. In Growing Up Social, Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane will empower you with the tools you need to make positive changes . . . starting today. Through stories, wit, and wisdom, you’ll discover how to take back your home from an overdependence on screens. Plus, you’ll learn to teach the five A+ skills that every child needs to master: affection, appreciation, anger management, apology, and attention. Learn how to: Replace mindless screen time with meaningful family time Establish simple boundaries that make a huge difference Discover what's working for families that have become screen savvy Equip your child to be relationally rich in a digital world Learn healthy ways to occupy your child while you get things done Now is the time to equip your child with a healthy involvement with screens and an even healthier involvement with others.
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This could get better I suppose but I'm going to bail. The authors are way too negative about everything with a screen. Even though I support the idea that kids (and some adults too) may get too much screen time, this relied too much on anecdotal evidence and came across as way too preachy. Ugh. Not the sort of practical advice or discussion I was looking for.

Chessa I get so fatigued from all the screen negativity. It's like no one remembers that similar arguments were made about reading of all kinds over the years! Books, newspapers, comics, they were all going to ruin everyone's lives, children in particular. And let's not forget music! Horrible for morality! It's so exhausting. Screens are tools. They are neutral. 8y
Smrloomis @Chessa YES. It's how we use them that should be the issue. This book was just bad. When he got to an anecdote about a pastor swearing kids couldn't focus anymore (based on her random observations of kids at Sunday School) I had to jump ship. 8y
Chessa Uggghhhh, yeah. No. Anecdotal evidence is just not persuasive! 8y
Colleen1 Chelsea, exactly! Every time someone says people are always staring at their phone, they are reading! 8y
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