Description: Twenge "seeks to help parents raise kids to have a healthy relationship with technology. [She] argues that parents should set strict boundaries with their children when it comes to phone and laptop use, considering that legal protections to keep kids from accessing inappropriate content online are flimsy at best. She encourages setting firm screen-time limits backed by parental control software to ensure that technology use doesn't interfere with activities like socializing and exercising, and she proposes that parents should wait to give kids smartphones until they're old enough to drive, pointing to studies that show delaying smartphone use improves mental health outcomes"--
Brief description: Jean M. Twenge, PhD, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, is the author of more than 190 scientific publications and several books based on her research, including Ten Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World, Generations, iGen, and Generation Me. Her research has been covered in Time, The Atlantic, Newsweek, The New York Times, USA TODAY, and The Washington Post. She has also been featured on Today, Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, CBS This Morning, Real Time with Bill Maher, and NPR. She lives in San Diego with her husband and three daughters.
Review Quotes: "Jean Twenge offers parents exactly what they need: practical, evidence-based guidance for healthy tech boundaries. This essential roadmap empowers families to put technology in its proper place so that children can thrive both online and offline. In a world designed to keep kids scrolling, this book helps them start living."
--James P. Steyer, Founder and CEO, Common Sense Media