Calmer, easier, happier screen time : for parents of toddlers to teens: a guide to getting back in charge of technology

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Calmer, easier, happier screen time : for parents of toddlers to teens: a guide to getting back in charge of technology

Author:

Janis-Norton, Noël, author.

ISBN:

9781473622760

Physical Description:

xiv, 257 pages ; 20 cm.

General Note:

Originally published: 2016.

Includes index.

Contents:

Section One: Why parents need to get back in charge -- Getting back in charge -- The four screen issues -- How big is our family's problem? -- The negative effects of screen time -- Teens and preteens -- Why screen time is so addictive -- Why does getting back in charge feel so difficult? -- Section Two: How to get back in charge of the electronics in your home -- How to limit screen time -- Screen time as a reward -- How to decide on a screen time reward plan for your family -- How to introduce the new plan to your child -- Q & As -- Section Three: The Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting strategies that will make the new screen habits easier to establish -- Descriptive Praise -- Strengthening your resolve -- Preparing for Success -- Reflective Listening -- Improving cooperation with the Never Ask Twice method and action replays -- Replacing screen time with other activities.

Subject Term:

Parenting.

Child rearing.

Technology and children -- Social aspects.

Computers and children.

Computers and civilization.

Internet and children.

Summary:

Do you constantly find yourself battling to stop your kids spending hours in front of a screen? Whether it's a tv, an ipad, a pc or a playstation children are spending more and more time absorbed in the digital world and for most parents it's a cause for concern.The most frequent question parenting expert Noel Janis Norton is asked by desperate parents is how to limit and manage screen time. Parents know their children became aggressive and stressed after prolonged time on an electronic device, and they know that it limits their child's willingness to do other activities, yet they are at a loss of what to do about it.In Calmer Easier Happier Screen Time, Noel adapts her proven parenting strategies to this most complex of areas. Using the latest scientific research to show just how addictive the digital world can be for the developing brain of a child, she using the calmer, easier, happier techniques to help parents wean their children away from their electronic devices and get back in charge.

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Do you constantly find yourself battling to stop your kids spending hours in front of a screen? Whether it's a tv, an ipad, a pc or a playstation children are spending more and more time absorbed in the digital world and for most parents it's a cause for concern.
The most frequent question parenting expert Noel Janis Norton is asked by desperate parents is how to limit and manage screen time. Parents know their children became aggressive and stressed after prolonged time on an electronic device, and they know that it limits their child's willingness to do other activities, yet they are at a loss of what to do about it.

In Calmer Easier Happier Screen Time , Noel adapts her proven parenting strategies to this most complex of areas. Using the latest scientific research to show just how addictive the digital world can be for the developing brain of a child, she using the calmer, easier, happier techniques to help parents wean their children away from their electronic devices and get back in charge.

Author Notes

Nol Janis-Norton is a learning and behaviour specialist with more than forty years' experience helping parents and teachers on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Janis-Norton (Calmer, Easier, Happier Boys), a learning and behavior specialist, addresses this helpful childcare manual to the frustrating challenge of trying to manage children's and teens' electronic media use. Janis-Norton shows parents how to assess whether there's a problem, reminding them that they're responsible for teaching and maintaining healthy screen-use habits. As Janis-Norton sees it, there are four main issues: how much screen time kids get daily, what they're really doing and looking at, at what time of day they're using their devices, and where they are during that time. She promises that by employing her straightforward cognitive- and behavior-modification strategies of "descriptive praise," "parental resolve, "reflective listening," the "never ask twice" method, and insisting on plenty of quality time, moms and dads can set more balanced, beneficial screen-use habits for their families. Sidebars throughout offer FAQs with detailed answers and action steps, and two appendices feature useful additional resources. This is a cogent addition to Janis-Norton's Calmer, Easier, Happier series of parenting books. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Section 1 Why parents need to get back in charge
1 Getting back in charge	p. 3
2 The four screen issues	p. 15
3 How big is your family's problem?	p. 38
4 The negative effects of screen time	p. 45
5 Teens and preteens	p. 59
6 Why screen time is so addictive	p. 78
7 Why does getting back in charge feel so difficult?	p. 86
Section 2 How to get back in charge of the electronics in your home
8 How to limit screen time	p. 101
9 Screen time as a reward	p. 116
10 How to decide on a screen time reward plan for your family	p. 123
11 How to introduce the new plan to your child	p. 138
12 Q & As	p. 157
Section 3 The Calmer, Easier, Happies Parenting strategies that will make the new screen habits easier to establish
13 Descriptive Praise	p. 177
14 Strengthening your resolve	p. 181
15 Preparing for Success	p. 186
16 Reflective Listening	p. 195
17 Improving cooperation with the Never Ask Twice method and action replays	p. 200
18 Replacing screen time with other activities	p. 211
Conclusion	p. 237
Appendix A Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting Resources	p. 241
Appendix B Other Resources	p. 245
Index	p. 247

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