It's all about balance - helping you bring up a balanced media-child - ready to cope with the media pressures of the teenage years
About the Books
How to stop your kids watching too much TV
'How to stop your kids watching too much TV, spending hours on the computer, wasting days on the Game Boy and endlessly texting friends, etc' is full of loads of practical tips on how to limit, and make the most of screen time including... How to set time limits and stick to them... Finding positive things for kids to do away from the screen... Setting a good screen example... Juggling children of different ages... Ensuring a smooth 'switch off'... Managing play dates... Age appropriate viewing... Bullying on the internet... Social networking... Encouraging safe chat... Coping with the commercial world... Dealing with peer pressure... and much much more.
The Media Diet for Kids
The Media Diet for Kids provides parents with a simple 3-step solution to achieving a healthy media balance in their children’s lives.
Step 1 - Setting limits. We'll help you decide how much time your child should be sitting in front of the TV or computer games.
Step 2 - Making screen time quality time. We'll help you judge what 'screen activity' is good or bad for your child.
Step 3 - Media substitutes. We recommend 6 'ingredients' for activity time away from the screen.
The authors believe that modern media has an important role to play in helping parents bring up kids. But they also recognise that how to control and make the most of TV and computer games in family life, has become a major challenge of parenting today.
The Media Diet for Kids has been written on the back of a major piece of research amongst children, parents, grandparents, carers and teachers. Created for parents with kids aged 2-12, it looks at both the dangers and opportunities of modern-day media. It includes:
- The physical, emotional and social impact of ‘screen bingeing’ – and how to read the warning signs
- How to tell what type of ‘media child’ you have, and what kind of ‘media parent’ you are – and what to do about it
- Ingenious strategies to encourage kids to press the ‘off’ button
- How to use the media to enhance your child’s development and thinking
- What it takes to achieve a healthy media balance
- Hundreds of facts and tips from professionals and parents alike, as well as entertaining and eye-opening quotes from the kids themselves
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Quick Tips
Did you know that by keeping TVs out of kids' bedrooms you could save them 20 days of screen time each year!
