Growing Up Social

by Gary Chapman

Paper Book, 2014

Status

Available

Call number

649 CHA

Collection

Non-Fiction

Call number

649 CHA

Genres

Technology

Nonfiction

Religion & Spirituality

Publication

Northfield Publishing

Description

In this digital age, children are spending more and more time interacting with a screen rather than a parent. Technology has the potential to add value to our families, but it can also erode a sense of togetherness and hinder a childs emotional growth. In Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World, you'll learn how to take back your home from an over-dependence on screens. Discover the five A+ skills needed to give your child the relational edge in a screen-driven world: affection, appreciation, anger management, apology, and attention.

User reviews

LibraryThing member hjvanderklis

Restricting your tech savvy children these days in their online time isn't popular. Just as tricky as the previous generation parents wrestled with whether or not granting a television in each bed room to avoid arguments in the living room. In Growing Up Social Gary D. Chapman & Arlene Pellicane

address the effects of ever more 'screen time' for children (and parents). While technology brought us many goods (work and shop from home, contacting people wherever they reside, outsourcing), on establishing and maintaining social relationships the authors see a lot of bad influences. Five skills that are elaborated are affection, appreciation, anger management, apology and attention. Learn to equip your child to be relationally rich in a digital world, replace mindless screen time with meaningful family time and establish boundaries. Combined with applying relevant love languages (Gary Chapman wrote The Five Love Languages in 1995), your family will be more social and coherent. Once and again the authors warn you not to condemn other parents or to expect the world to change for you. You can make a difference in your own (extended) family. The bad side of screen time is emphasized too much in my opinion. A shorter version of the book could have the same powerful message: protect your family time and don't let screens in whatever format rule your world.

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