Beschreibung:
In Be the Parent, Please, former New York Post and Wall Street Journal writer Naomi Schaefer Riley draws from her experience as a mother of three and delves into the latest research on the harmful effects that excessive technology usage has on a child’s intellectual, social, and moral formation. Throughout each chapter, she backs up her discussion with “tough mommy tips”—realistic advice for parents who want to take back control from tech.
Introduction: Screen Time / 3 Chapter 1: What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us / 7 Chapter 2: Babies Aren’t Meant to Be Einsteins / 35 Chapter 3: Are You Preparing Your Child for School or Las Vegas? / 53 Chapter 4: Drop the Call—and the Phone While You Are at It / 71 Chapter 5: The Price of Internet Access is Eternal Vigilance / 93 Chapter 6: Think American Education Can’t Get Worse? Put iPads in the Classroom / 123 Chapter 7: Just Say No / 155 Chapter 8: Less Technology, More Independence / 175 Conclusion / 203 Postscript: The Tech-lash / 225 Notes / 231 Index / 247