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The Parent App - Understanding Families in the Digital Age (Paperback)
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The Parent App - Understanding Families in the Digital Age (Paperback)
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Ninety-five percent of American kids have Internet access by age
11; the average number of texts a teenager sends each month is well
over 3,000. More families report that technology makes life with
children more challenging, not less, as parents today struggle with
questions previous generations never faced: Is my thirteen-year-old
responsible enough for a Facebook page? What will happen if I give
my nine year-old a cell phone? In The Parent App, Lynn Schofield
Clark provides what families have been sorely lacking: smart,
sensitive, and effective strategies for coping with the dilemmas of
digital and mobile media in modern life. Clark set about
interviewing scores of mothers and fathers, identifying not only
their various approaches, but how they differ according to family
income. Parents in upper-income families encourage their children
to use media to enhance their education and self-development and to
avoid use that might distract them from goals of high achievement.
Lower income families, in contrast, encourage the use of digital
and mobile media in ways that are respectful, compliant toward
parents, and family-focused. Each approach has its own benefits and
drawbacks, and whatever the parenting style or economic bracket,
parents experience anxiety about how to manage new technology. With
the understanding of a parent of teens and the rigor of a social
scientist, Clark tackles a host of issues, such as family
communication, online predators, cyber bullying, sexting, gamer
drop-outs, helicopter parenting, technological monitoring, the
effectiveness of strict controls, and much more. The Parent App is
more than an advice manual. As Clark admits, technology changes too
rapidly for that. Rather, she puts parenting in context, exploring
the meaning of media challenges and the consequences of our
responses-for our lives as family members and as members of
society.
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