Even for today's most tech-savvy parents, managing kids' technology use is a huge challenge fraught with uncertainties. What kinds (and amounts) of screen time boost learning and development—and what kinds may be harmful? When is the right age for a game console or a smartphone? How can kids and teens be protected from cyberbullying and learn to be good digital citizens? What impact do parents' technology habits have? In her busy psychiatry practice—and while raising her own kids—Jodi Gold sees every day both the mind-boggling benefits and the serious downsides of technology. In a positive, accessible style, she gives parents a wealth of practical strategies for navigating the digital frontier and creating realistic, doable rules and expectations for the whole family. “Just as our mothers and fathers worried about too much TV, today’s parents worry about their children getting lost in cyberspace....With Screen-Smart Parenting, Dr. Jodi Gold has provided the milestone book that will give important insight to every parent.” —From the Foreword by Tory Burch, CEO, designer, and mother of three Contents: Introduction: Throw Away the Rule Book I. The Brave New World 1. Understanding Your Family’s Digital Habitat: Cultivating Online Resilience and Digital Citizenship 2. Digital Milestones: The Facts Behind How Technology Affects Your Child’s Development 3. The Digital Landscape: What You Need to Know about the Tech Terrain 4. From the iPotty to Facebook Fame: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Digital Debates II. Growing Up Digital 5. Downloading in Diapers: Managing Your Child's Digital World before Preschool—Ages 0–2 6. Digitods and Technotots: Everything You Need to Know about the Digital World You Learned in Kindergarten—Ages 3–5 7. Digital Magic Years: The Calm before the Digital Storm of Middle School—Ages 6–8 8. Welcome to the Frequent Flyer Club: Equipped with a Digital Boarding Pass and Ready to Take Off—Ages 8–10 9. Tweens and the Texting Revolution: Digital Media Use at Its Peak—Ages 11–14 10. Just Digital: Rewriting the Rules on Independence, Dating, Friends, and School—Ages 15–18 III. One Size Does Not Fit All 11. The Digitally Challenging Child: Rewriting the Rules for Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, or Depression 12. Don't Take Away the Phone! The Nuts and Bolts of Your Family Digital Technology Agreement Resources About the Author: Jodi Gold, MD, is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice and Clinical Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. A nationally recognized expert, Dr. Gold speaks, writes, and makes media appearances on her developmental approach to parenting in the age of digital technology. She lives with her husband and three children in New York City.
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