Navigating The Minefield Resources
Books/Podcasts
Read: Haidt, Jonathan
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Read: Crouch, Andy
The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place.
Listen: An interview with Andy Crouch
How to Become a Tech-Wise Family
Read: Reinke, Tony
12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You
Listen: An interview with Tony Reinke
How Do I Resist Smartphone Overuse
Read: Chapman, Gary and Pellicane, Arlene
Screen Kids: 5 Relational Skills Every Child Needs in a Tech-Driven World
Listen: An interview with Arlene Pellicane
The Impact of Screentime on Kids’ Social, Emotional, and Educational Development
Helpful Resources from Defend Young Minds
Download a FREE Digital Safety Checklist
Includes tips on: Setting up an Internet Filter, Parental Controls, Monitoring, Teaching Digital Safety Skills, Developing an Internal Monitor
Websites
Common Sense Media
A site for content reviews - video games, phone apps, movies, tv shows, and books.
Osprey Resources
Grassroots organization of young parents committed to helping our kids achieve social media-free childhoods.
Take Action - The Anxious Generation
Resources including: a school petition to go phone-free and make schools play-rich and coordinate with other parents to establish four new norms that will roll back the phone-based childhood, improve family life, and protect their children’s mental health.