Tech-ology
A Digitally New Way to Raise Happy Kids
by Angie Rumaldo
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Pub Date Jan 16 2021 | Archive Date Apr 27 2021
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Description
TECH-OLOGY A Digitally New Way to Raise Happy Kids demystifies the digital era for parents, illuminating the science, culture, and psychological implications for your children.
Through a series of self-discovery and detailed action plans, Dr. Rumaldo, a licensed clinical psychologist, guides you towards addressing many of your digital concerns.
You will achieve what she terms ‘digital biculturalism.’ A way to effectively communicate and parent your kids by understanding their culture, their language (social and written), their values, and struggles.So, if you find yourself questioning whether your child is benefiting or being hurt by technology, this essential parenting guide is a compassionate, science-based road map to help you navigate this new culture. Your children will enjoy the benefits of technology without suffering negative consequences. Learn the positive and negative effects of social media, video gaming and internet use for your children and teens. Being empowered with this new knowledge will not only allow you to parent effectively but will help you to improve your relationship with your child.
In TECH-OLOGY: A Digitally New Way to Raise Happy Kids, you will learn how to address questions like:·
* What is the appropriate amount of screen time per day?
* How is social media influencing sex and relationships for teens?
* How do you set the appropriate boundaries for screen times?
* How does excessive screen time affect children/teens academically, physically, and psychologically?
* Are social media and video games addicting?
* What are the connections between addiction and social media/video games?
* How can we protect our children from the dangers of the internet?
Advance Praise
"Reviewed By Mamta Madhavan for Readers’ Favorite
Tech-ology: A Digitally New Way to Raise Happy Kids by Angie Rumaldo is all about the reality of this new generation and is a guide for parents to understand the society in which their children live. The book will help readers make decisions based on research in regards to social media, video games, and other forms of technology. Parents can be termed as immigrants to the new digital culture and children can be said to be natives, and immigrants usually struggle to identify with their everyday existence, norms, communication, and values. The term 'Tech-ology' means the study of knowledge, techniques, and tools to parent in this digital and technological age.
Angie Rumaldo tackles a relevant topic where children have unbelievable access to information because of technology and how it is imperative for parents to catch up with their kids. She does it methodically and in a very structured manner, making it easy for everyone to comprehend and apply to their lives. Many parents are apprehensive about the changes that come with the growth of technology and the author advises them to learn their language (social and written), understand their values and struggles so that it becomes easier to co-exist with them.
Tech-ology: A Digitally New Way to Raise Happy Kids gives a series of action plans to guide parents and kids. The author's experience as a licensed clinical psychologist and psychiatric nurse practitioner is a good way to help parents who are struggling with their children and teenagers when it comes to the use of the internet, video games, and social media. The self-exploratory questions, real-life quotes, research, and professional suggestions, and 'techo-logical' perspectives are helpful to parents when it comes to monitoring their child's digital time."
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780999156032 |
| PRICE | $9.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Kay-Leigh d, Reviewer
This book was very helpful in understanding my kids and the world they are born into. As an immigrant in the tech world, Rumaldo seems very relatable to me. I am a philologist so I thoroughly enjoyed her many definitions and playing with language.
She discusses the mental health implications of heavy social media use on developing brains while explaining to parents that no use is not a reasonable solution. When discussing rules around device use she reminds us that these should apply to us as well! That is my ultimate takeaway from this book! If it's bad for my kids, it's bad for me. If I want to regulate my kids' use, I must regulate my own use as well.
Rumaldo is not shy to face difficult topics like lower empathy in children who play violent video games and social media outcry over videos of young kids watching someone die without trying to help. She even addresses cyberbullying and how parents can protect their kids from other kids online.
She is a medical health professional and does a lot of research for each chapter. I like that she includes these papers in each chapter in case someone wants to read further.
