Publisher's Synopsis
Parenting in a Tech World is a parenting resource based on positive psychology using technology to encourage family bonding and healthy interaction. Parents are given straightforward knowledge, strategies, and advice on how to use technology to develop positive relationships with their children and how to keep them safe.How do you know when your child is ready for a smartphone? Which apps are the most dangerous for my 13-year-old? What do I do if I catch my child watching porn? How do I get to a place of trusting my kid with social media? How do I spot signs of trouble in my kid from their use of social media?Technology is just everywhere isn't it? Omnipresent, ever there, something that can consume hours and hours by sitting looking at it. But what if technology wasn't something that you passively consumed? What if technology was a tool that you used to unlock your creativity and passion?As a parent with a young son myself, I understand what it's like to feel like they've been born with an iPad in their hand. Did you know that there are already over 600,000 unfilled positions in the tech sector alone and as 65% of our children will be working in jobs that don't even exist yet, that gap is definitely going to increase. I want my son to grow up in a world where he has the design and engineering skills at his fingertips to create and invent his own future.The number one fear for parents that we hear time and again is around the fear of too much screen time. In the past few months, there have been so many articles written about the dangers of screen time, and the way it affects our children. We think there's so much more to tech than screens anyway, but if time spent at the screen is productive and part of unlocking other skills, we don't see the problem. It's especially important when we're talking about technology to understand the way young people interact with it. We think the secret to getting kids attention is by unlocking the screen's (amongst other tech) mysteries and tinkering and playing with technology.
