The Mediatrician's Guide
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Focus, US, 2024
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A Whole-Child Approach to Digital Wellness and Healthy Media Use".a godsend for the parent whose child is glued to their smartphone or laptop." -Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D., psychologist, author of Raising CainIn this holistic approach, Dr. Michael Rich empowers you to guide your children toward smart and healthy digital choices with straightforward instructions and actionable advice that you can customize for your family's specific needs.Known as the "Mediatrician" due to his acclaimed work as a pediatrician, child health researcher, and children's media specialist, Dr. Rich presents a compassionate and realistic look at the reality of growing up in a screen-saturated world-and how you can help your kids emerge from a technology-rich environment as happy, well-informed, empathetic adults.Backed by scientific evidence and decades of professional and personal practice, The Mediatrican's Guide will give you the tools to:Combat toxic media influences and virtual addiction.Train your family toward digital wellness.Understand what your child is learning from media.Rise above the anxiety of digital inundation and find a healthy, happy medium.".offer[s] seasoned and sensible guardrails as we all enter this brave new world together." -Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN".[A] thoughtful, timely, and entertaining overview of what it means to grow up immersed in a world of digital ubiquity." -John Battelle, Cofounder of WIRED.…
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- Title
- The Mediatrician's Guide
- Author
- Michael Rich, MD, MPH
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Focus, US
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0785255729
- ISBN 13
- 9780785255727
- Item weight
- 534 grams
A Whole-Child Approach to Digital Wellness and Healthy Media Use
"...a godsend for the parent whose child is glued to their smartphone or laptop." –Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D., psychologist, author of Raising Cain
In this holistic approach, Dr. Michael Rich empowers you to guide your children toward smart and healthy digital choices with straightforward instructions and actionable advice that you can customize for your family's specific needs.
Known as the "Mediatrician" due to his acclaimed work as a pediatrician, child health researcher, and children's media specialist, Dr. Rich presents a compassionate and realistic look at the reality of growing up in a screen-saturated world—and how you can help your kids emerge from a technology-rich environment as happy, well-informed, empathetic adults.
Backed by scientific evidence and decades of professional and personal practice, The Mediatrican's Guide will give you the tools to:
- Combat toxic media influences and virtual addiction.
- Train your family toward digital wellness.
- Understand what your child is learning from media.
- Rise above the anxiety of digital inundation and find a healthy, happy medium.
"...offer[s] seasoned and sensible guardrails as we all enter this brave new world together." –Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN
"…[A] thoughtful, timely, and entertaining overview of what it means to grow up immersed in a world of digital ubiquity." –John Battelle, Cofounder of WIRED
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About the Author
Michael Rich, MD, MPH is an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and practices adolescent medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. Pediatrician, child health researcher, father, and filmmaker, Dr. Rich is the founder and director of the Digital Wellness Lab and the first evidence-based medical program addressing physical, mental, and social health issues associated with digital technology use, the Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders (CIMAID). As the Mediatrician, Dr. Rich offers research-based, actionable, and practical answers to parents’, educators’, and clinicians’ questions about children’s and adolescents’ media use and the positive and negative implications for their health and development.
Co-writer of the New York Times bestseller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys and other Wall Street Journal, amazon.com and Goodreads top picks, Teresa H. Barker writes about health and child development, parenting, creative aging, and life passages. Formerly of Oregon, she now lives in Chicago.
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