Contents

Cover

Praise for Screen-Smart Parenting

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Throw Away the Rule Book

I.   THE BRAVE NEW DIGITAL 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: Modifying the Rules for Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression

12.

Don’t Take Away the Phone!: The Nuts and Bolts of Your Family Digital Technology Agreement

 

Resources

Notes

Index

About the Author

 

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