Media Moms  Digital Dads, Yalda T. Uhls
Media Moms  Digital Dads, Yalda T. Uhls
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Media Moms & Digital Dads
A Fact-Not-Fear Approach to Parenting in the Digital Age

Author: Yalda T. Uhls

Narrator: Cyndee Maxwell

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 12/01/2015

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Is social media ruining our kids? How much internet activity is too much? What do FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), sexting, and selfies mean for teens? Are you curious about what research says about how media and technology are impacting childhood? Supported by academic research focused on technology, Media Moms & Digital Dads breaks down complex issues in a friendly, accessible fashion, making it a highly useful and, ultimately, reassuring read for anyone worries about the impact that media might be having on young minds. Dr. Uhls ends each chapter with summaries of the science, bottom lines for quick takeaways, and tips and guidance for parents. Each chapter delves into a different issue, so parents can easily turn to their own particular needs and skip what doesn't concern them.

Dr Uhls expertise as former Hollywood executive and current expert on child development and media gives her a unique and important perspective. As a trained scientist she understands the fascinating studies conducted by researchers, and as a mom of digital teens, she knows what actually works and can relate to the reality of being a parent in the 21st century. Dr. Uhls also describes the research she conducted at UCLA (extensively reported on in news outlets such as the NY Times, NPR and Time Magazine) including her studies about fame and social media and about whether the extensive time we stare at screens impacts non verbal emotional understanding.

Chapters (with descriptions of research, bottom lines and guidance for parents) include:
Forward by the CEO from the national, non-profit Common Sense Media
Overview of parenting in the digital age
Screen time for babies and toddlers
The Mobile Era
The Digital Brain
Social Media and Social Lives
Fame, FOMO and selfies
The Digital Brain
Learning in the Digital Age
Education in the Digital Age
Videogames
There are few hotter parenting issues today than helping our children safely navigate they digital world in which we live. It provides both immense opportunity for learning and connecting and yet great opportunity for making mistakes and harm. Knowing what the facts are and when and how to get involved is perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of parenting. Media Moms & Digital Dads offers parents reassuring and fact based guidance on how best to manage screens and media for their children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Book

This is a subject very near to my heart. I have teens of my own and work with kids. There was something for everyone and it wasn't preachy. There were a lot of studies referenced. I enjoyed it and I don't typically enjoy nonfiction.......more

Goodreads review by Lukáš

Výborná kniha, odporúčam všetkým súčasným rodičom, starým rodičom aj ľuďom, ktorí pracujú vo vzdelávaní od najmenších po najstarších. Autorka podáva veľmi vyvážený pohľad na výchovu a vzdelávanie v digitálnom veku, pričom všetko podopiera doteraz známym výskumom. Ako matka 12 ročnej dcéry často nabú......more

Goodreads review by Heather

This is a must-read for any parent! It truly is fact based information with some very surprising results! I'm dying to write down some of those surprising results, but then I'd have to click the spoiler alert button. Suffice it to say it validated some of my thoughts on media for kids, but also gave......more