Why read Parenting for a Digital Future?

Book cover of Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives

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In the decades it takes to bring up a child, parents face challenges that are both helped and hindered by the fact that they are living through a period of unprecedented digital innovation. In Parenting for a Digital Future, Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross draw on extensive and diverse qualitative…

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1 author picked Parenting for a Digital Future as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Natalia I. Kucirkova

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Many parents are worried about the amount of time their children spend with screens and look for ways and a deeper understanding of how to best manage children’s use of modern technologies. I loved how Livingstone and Blum-Ross brought together research, deep thinking, and applicable strategies in one coherent book volume. I learnt so much from reading this book, including how algorithms shape children’s games and social conversations. The most important takeaway for me was the vital need to support children’s rights in the digital age.

From Natalia's list on research on children’s technology use.