{"product_id":"be-the-parent-please-stop-banning-seesaws-and-start-banning-snapchat-strategies-for-solving-the-real-parenting-problems-9781599474823","title":"Be the Parent, Please: Stop Banning Seesaws and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Silicon Valley tech giants design their products to hook even the most sophisticated adults. Imagine, then, the influence these devices have on the developing minds of young people. Touted as tools of the future that kids must master to ensure a job in the new economy, they are, in reality, the culprits, stealing our children’s attention, making them anxious, agitated, and depressed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What’s worse, schools across the country are going digital under the assumption that a tablet with a wi-fi connection is what’s lacking in our education system. Add to that the legion of dangers invited by unregulated access to the internet, and it becomes clear that our screen-saturated culture is eroding some of the essential aspects of childhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBe the Parent, Please\u003c\/i\u003e, former \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With the alluring array of gadgets, apps, and utopian promises expanding by the day, engulfing more and more of our lives, Be the Parent, Please is both a wake-up call and an indispensable guide for parents who care about the healthy development of their children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e “\u003ci\u003eBe the Parent, Please\u003c\/i\u003e is among the sternest of [the]recent books about the dangers of computerized childhood, and perhaps for exactly that reason, it’s also the most compelling.” \u003cbr\u003e —Joseph Bottom, \u003ci\u003eWashington Free Beacon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “If you’re a parent, you’re probably not going to enjoy reading Naomi Schaefer Riley’s new book \u003ci\u003eBe The Parent, Please: Stop Banning Seesaws and Start Banning Snapchat: Strategies for Solving the Real Parenting Problems\u003c\/i\u003e. But that’s precisely why you should. Riley’s book largely avoids parent shaming, but she does offer some real talk for parents about technology use—from babies to teens. She provides not just the jarring facts but also suggestions on how to curb the use and alleviate parent guilt about depriving our kids of technology, something we have been fooled into believing we need far more than we do.”\u003cbr\u003e —Bethany Mandel, \u003ci\u003eFederalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eBe the Parent, Please\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most thought-provoking and jarring books I’ve read in a long time. When I finished the book, I literally thought to myself, ‘I wish I’d read this ten years ago!’ Engagingly written and filled with fascinating studies, this important book should be a conversation changer.” \u003cbr\u003e —Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of \u003ci\u003eBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Triple Package\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  “Most parents know the right things to do but often lack the courage to do them. Riley’s excellent new book, \u003ci\u003eBe the Parent, Please,\u003c\/i\u003e provides the rationale, research, and encouragement that parents need—to resist the commercial culture that wants to profit from the free time of small children, to shield kids from the vast, unmonitored experiment that is the online life as lived by very young children; to be the parent and not the enabling pal of their children. This is a book that every parent—and every person who cares about children and childhood—should read. Five stars.” \u003cbr\u003e —Caitlin Flanagan, contributing editor to\u003ci\u003e t\u003c\/i\u003ehe \u003ci\u003eAtlantic and \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eGirl Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Just as it’s hard to tell our kids, ‘No snack till dinner’—even when we have a purse full of Pirate’s Booty—it’s even harder to say, ‘No screen time’ when our smartphone is ringing in our pocket. In this well-researched, non-hectoring book, Riley helps us understand why we must ‘Be the Parent’ and actually how to do it.” \u003cbr\u003e —Lenore Skenazy, founder of Free-Range Kids\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “We need more books like \u003ci\u003eBe the Parent, Please\u003c\/i\u003e! Riley calls parents a wake-up call to put healthy boundaries regarding technology and kids. A must-read for any parent fumbling around in this digital world of parenting.” \u003cbr\u003e —Brooke Shannon, founder of Wait Until 8th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Screen Time \/ 3\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us \/ 7\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Babies Aren’t Meant to Be Einsteins \/ 35\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Are You Preparing Your Child for School or Las Vegas? \/ 53\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Drop the Call—and the Phone While You Are at It \/ 71\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: The Price of Internet Access is Eternal Vigilance \/ 93\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Think American Education Can’t Get Worse? Put iPads in the Classroom \/ 123\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Just Say No \/ 155\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Less Technology, More Independence \/ 175\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \/ 203\u003cbr\u003e Postscript: The Tech-lash \/ 225\u003cbr\u003e Notes \/ 231\u003cbr\u003e Index \/ 247","brand":"Templeton Foundation Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041583432023,"sku":"9781599474823","price":28.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/be-the-parent-please-stop-banning-seesaws-and-start-banning-snapchat-strategies-for-solving-the-real-parenting-problems-9781599474823","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}