10 Rules for Raising Kids in a HighT..., Jean M. Twenge
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a HighT..., Jean M. Twenge
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10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
How Parents Can Stop Smartphones, Social Media, and Gaming from Taking Over Their Children's Lives

Author: Jean M. Twenge

Narrator: Jean M. Twenge

Unabridged: 5 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/02/2025


Synopsis

Jean Twenge, PhD, award-winning professor of psychology and author of the “lavishly informative” (The New York Times) Generations, returns with a concrete and accessible guide to raising resilient, successful, happy children in a time of overwhelming technological intrusion.

Parenting today often feels like an uphill battle, with technology invading every corner of our kids’ lives. From the rise of social media addiction to the growing mental health crisis among children and teens, parents are grappling with how they can create a healthy, balanced relationship with technology for their kids.

Bestselling author Jean Twenge provides the much-needed playbook parents have been asking for. Drawing on her decades as a psychologist studying the impact of technology and mental health and her personal experience as the mother of three teenagers, Twenge offers ten actionable rules for raising independent and well-rounded children. From setting “No Social Media Until 16” boundaries to creating no-phone zones like bedrooms and family dinners, these rules are grounded in evidence yet simple enough to incorporate into any family routine.

Short, empowering, and timely, this book equips parents with the tools to combat not just immediate harms such as online bullying but also helps to nurture essential life skills, preparing kids and teens to become autonomous adults.

About Jean M. Twenge

Jean M. Twenge, PhD, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, is the author of more than 190 scientific publications and several books based on her research, including Ten Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech WorldGenerationsiGen, and Generation Me. Her research has been covered in TimeThe Atlantic, NewsweekThe New York TimesUSA TODAY, and The Washington Post. She has also been featured on TodayGood Morning AmericaFox and Friends, CBS This MorningReal Time with Bill Maher, and NPR. She lives in San Diego with her husband and three daughters. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily | emilyisoverbooked on August 27, 2025

TLDR: Read this instead of The Anxious Generation. Thanks to Atria for the gifted copy of this book! So I will be honest… I read THE ANXIOUS GENERATION with my book club earlier this year, and kind of felt like it could be an article. I appreciated all the research and agreed with the sentiment, but i......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on September 02, 2025

A very practical real life book to give you all the tools to protect kids from the dangers of the internet. It's best if you read this with babies and/or very young children, as a lot of information is best implemented early. However it still gives solid advice for being safe in a very unsafe world.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah (sarahs_shelves_sc) on August 02, 2025

As a mom to a 10 year old who desperately wants a phone, I was definitely in the target audience for this book. Sadly for my girl, the book only further convinced me that phones for kids are a bad idea. Twenge shares research galore showing the links between screen time (social media in particular)......more

Goodreads review by Ginny on August 23, 2025

Very practical and helpful!......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on August 10, 2025

I can't stop thinking about this book. I have really young kids but already I'm starting to think about how I want to raise them in today's world. Even at the age of 2, we get questions about if they will have tablets or not. This book was exactly the confirmation that we needed that our plans for p......more