Description
An essential guide for parents navigating the new frontier of hyper-connected kids.
Today's teenagers spend about nine hours per day online. Parents of this ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should an eight-year-old be allowed to go on social media? How can parents help their children gain the most from the best aspects of the digital age? How can we keep kids safe from digital harm? John Palfrey and Urs Gasser bring together over a decade of research at Harvard to tackle parents' most urgent concerns. The Connected Parent is required reading for anyone trying to help their kids flourish in the fast-changing, uncharted territory of the digital age.
Author: John Palfrey, Urs Gasser
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.10h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781541618022
ISBN10: 1541618025
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Developmental | Child
- Computers | Design, Graphics & Media | General
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | School Age
Today's teenagers spend about nine hours per day online. Parents of this ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should an eight-year-old be allowed to go on social media? How can parents help their children gain the most from the best aspects of the digital age? How can we keep kids safe from digital harm? John Palfrey and Urs Gasser bring together over a decade of research at Harvard to tackle parents' most urgent concerns. The Connected Parent is required reading for anyone trying to help their kids flourish in the fast-changing, uncharted territory of the digital age.
Author: John Palfrey, Urs Gasser
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.10h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781541618022
ISBN10: 1541618025
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Developmental | Child
- Computers | Design, Graphics & Media | General
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | School Age
About the Author
John Palfrey is president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and a former faculty director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. He previously served as head of school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.
Urs Gasser is executive director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society and a professor of practice at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.