Why read The Big Disconnect?

Book cover of The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age

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Wall Street Journal Best Nonfiction Pick; Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year

Clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair takes an in-depth look at how the Internet and the digital revolution are profoundly changing childhood and family dynamics, and offers solutions parents can use to successfully shepherd their children through the technological…

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Neuroscience

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Parenting

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1 author picked The Big Disconnect as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Victoria Dunckley

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This book will make you a little uneasy; some of the descriptions and scenarios are downright disturbing. Yet the information is necessary to navigate parenting in today’s world. I felt a strange form of validation reading this work, as I’m all too aware of these issues (bullying, kids feeling ignored, sexting, lack of empathy, etc), but when I bring them up, parents often respond that I have a skewed perspective. But as Dr. Steiner Adaire points out, the kids themselves say “parents are clueless” about their kids’ digital lives. Her writing is beautiful, and her advice about helping kids think…

From Victoria's list on The best books on the effects of screen time on kids (based on neuroscience).