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"Today's babies often make their debut on social media with the very first sonogram. They begin interacting with screens at around four months old. But is this good news or bad news? A wonderful opportunity to connect around the world? Or the first step in creating a generation of addled screen zombies? Many have been quick to declare this the dawn of a neurological and emotional crisis, but solid science on the subject is surprisingly hard to come...
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"Is your phone the first thing you reach for in the morning and the last thing you touch before bed? Do you frequently pick it up 'just to check, ' only to look up forty-five minutes later wondering where the time has gone? Do you say you want to spend less time on your phone--but have no idea how to do so without giving it up completely? If so, this book is your solution. Award-winning journalist Catherine Price presents a practical, hands-on plan...
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"Explores recent events and new ideas in an effort to explain what's taking place, why it matters, and what efforts are being made to address cell phone addiction. Personal accounts along with facts and quotes from authoritative sources help readers gain a vivid understanding of these issues from a public health perspective."--Back cover.
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For young people, leading a healthy lifestyle requires education and empowerment. In "Understanding Screen Addiction", readers will explore the social aspects and health effects of screen use and addiction, and the ways to establish a healthy relationship with screen technology. -- partial back cover.
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"In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology-- more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity-- has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain's pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD,...
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Technology has done a lot of good, connecting individuals and ideas. However, technological devices and social media platforms also have the potential to be harmful when they are not used in moderation. When the use of personal digital devices starts interfering with a person's daily life, it becomes a problem. Readers explore the ways in which some people can develop addictive digital habits and whether or not technology hinders their ability to...
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"Today, children spend more time interacting with screens and less time playing outside or interacting with family. Screen Kids will empower you to make positive changes. This newly revised edition features the latest research and interactive assessments, so you can best confront the issues technology creates in your home"--
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Want to see a teen freak out? Take their phone away. Phones seem to be as important as oxygen, but sometimes those little portals to the online world interfere with real life. This fun and informative guide will help painlessly wean teens off constant phone use by offering scale-back tactics, sharing what others have done that works, and explaining the physical and emotional repercussions of overuse so that teens don't have to miss out on anything...
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Online gaming addiction is a hidden problem among young people because the distress signs are not clear. What may look like normal play may, in fact, be a festering addiction that can take young people away from friends, family, and school. This book outlines the problem signs and the steps to recovery.
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"Fourteen-year-old Indio McCracken enjoys meteoric stardom as a guitar prodigy after his father posts a video of him playing. Things quickly go sour when Indio's fame fuels his father's dream of raising the world's next Segovia. Robbed of a normal childhood and already feeling alienated by his mixed Guatemalan-Canadian heritage, Indio desperately seeks escape online by creating a virtual identity, an obsession that almost kills him. Facing school...
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"Screen addiction is a behavioral addiction that can cause a variety of problems. Mental health professionals found increases in screen time accompanied increases in the number of teens reporting anxiety, depression, and suicidal thinking. Digital technologies can expose children to bullying; contribute eating disorders; trade off with sleep and exercise; encourage children to negatively compare themselves to others; and can lead to depression and...
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"Protect Yourself Online examines the risks and benefits of using the internet today. Readers will learn the history of important online issues, the warning signs of common online dangers, and the ways in which they can get online safely and responsibly"--
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Brad Marshall provides real-life strategies that any parent can implement to create a healthy balance and put your kids' development first. Based on solid psychological research explaining why screen addiction is so powerful, the jargon-free advice gives a clear plan for parents who have had enough and are serious about changing the way their kids use and interact with technology. The Tech Diet for your Child & Teen contains: - Ways to apply workable...
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"¡CUIDADO! Una zampapantallas anda suelta, ¡y se zampará tu pantalla para merendar! Zampa quiere hacer amigos, pero todo el mundo está demaciado ocupado mirando su teléfono. ¡Cuando las pantallas empiezan a desaparacer es cuando la cosa se pone divertida! ¡Pantallas fuera! Es hora de pasarlo bien leyendo cuentos."--
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"Martín tiene cuatro años y medio. Le gustan los caramelos, los dinosaurios, construir castillos con almohadas y los videojuegos. Tiene una hermana pequeña, Zoe, y un perro. Su padre es profesor y le encanta cocinar para su familia, mientras que la madre de Martín trabaja muchas horas en una gran empresa medioambiental. Como cualquier niño que crezca en la decada de 2020, Martín se pregunta por las grandes y pequeñas cosas que afectan a su...
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