EITAN D SCHWARZ MD FAACAP DLFAPA
847 675 5392
mydigitalfamily@
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PARENTS PUT MEDIA-SATURATED KIDS ON DIETS
Warning that family life is being weakened by technology use that engages children with the media as much as eight hours a day, a distinguished psychiatrist has written a book that helps parents turn technology into a positive family resource rather than a threat.
In Kids, Parents, and Technology: An Instruction Manual for Young Families, Eitan D. Schwarz, MD, provides an indispensible guidebook for parents of children from infancy through eight years. The book's goal, he says, is to lead media-saturated youngsters towards beneficial and positive uses of the Internet, videogames, smart phones, and other electronic media. In it, Dr. Schwarz makes wise and comprehensive recommendations based on a lifetime of clinical experience and the latest scientific knowledge. It is the first comprehensive and practical child- or family-centered instruction manual offering step-by-step instructions on how to turn digital media into powerful parenting tools that enrich family life.
“The instruction manuals we receive with digital media devices don't teach parents the most important things -- how to use the new gadgets to fully benefit youngsters and family lives," says Dr. Schwarz. "My work with parents and families showed me the problems technology is creating for them and helped me identify the type of information they need to make certain that these devices contribute to family life in a positive way.”
Kids, Parents, and Technology: An Instruction Manual for Young Families includes:
• A Setup and Quick Start Guide that rapidly gets parents to start treating media consumption in the same healthy ways they already employ to manage children’s food diets.
• A User's Guide that helps make children’s home consumption of media a safe and rich asset to family life through step-by-step guidelines and fresh and credible thinking that helps parents, educators, therapists, doctors, policy makers, businesses, and anyone else working with children.
Food for Thought that provides in-depth thinking about the uses of digital media as therapeutic tools, looks at its future uses, and an example of a non-violent, educational, value-oriented action game.
"By applying sound child-rearing and family support principles, parents can now create balanced media diets that lead youngsters to the values and orientation they will need to succeed in an increasingly media-rich world," says Dr. Schwarz.
Dr. Schwarz, MD, FAACAP, DLFAPA, is a doctor who knows kids, media, and families. He is board-certified in both general and child and adolescent psychiatry. During his nearly 40 years of distinguished practice and teaching in a variety of public, private, and academic settings, Dr. Schwarz has been steadily learning about the needs of children and families. Since medical school, he has also been studying the uses of technology in health care and the practice of medicine. Currently on the faculty of Northwestern University, he has recently researched the use of digital media in play therapy with children.
Kids, Parents, and Technology: A Guide for Young Families, published by Lulu.com in paperback for $24.95, is available for purchase at (we need a specific URL). The manual is supported by an updated online service managed by the author at www.mydigitalfamily.org.
EITAN D SCHWARZ MD FAACAP DLFAPA
847 675 5392
mydigitalfamily@
