Getting Unplugged: Take Control of Your Family's Television, Video Game, and Computer Habits
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Book Description
TVs. VCRs. Computers. Video games. Are our children being hypnotized by the unblinking eye of the small screen —whether television or computer? Most parents know —and recent studies confirm —that too much time spent watching television or playing computer games can be harmful for kids. Increased violence, poor social skills, behavioral problems, apathy, and declining test scores are all part of the problem. How do we protect our families? By getting unplugged.
Here's an easy-to-follow, 4-week program —devised by the authors and implemented with smashing success —that helps children and parents take charge of their electronic addictions. Start by taking the TV Quiz to determine how much is too much for your family. Learn how to replace hours of screen time with constructive, challenging, and, above all, fun activities everyone will enjoy. From preschoolers to teens to adults, the whole family benefits when you gain control of your television and computer habits.
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
A proven, easy-to-follow program for breaking kids of their TV/PC addictions. Most parents nowadays know that too much time spent watching television or playing computer games is bad for kids. The problem is, most parents simply don't know how to wean their kids away from their screens. Now, from the author of the critically acclaimed Breaking the TV Habit, here is a book that provides parents with a painless, easy-to-follow program for getting their kids unplugged.
Getting Unplugged: Take Control of Your Family's Television, Video Game, and Computer Habits
Getting Unplugged: Take Control of Your Family's Television, Video Game, and Computer Habits,Joan Anderson,Robin Wilkins,John Wiley & Sons,0471178896,Computers and children,Family & Relationships,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,Family/Marriage,General,Mass Media - Electronics Media,Media Studies - Electronic Media,Parenting - General,Sociology - Social Theory,Television and children,Television and family,United States,Video games and children,Child care & upbringing
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