THE ART OF SCREEN TIME How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life

Author Anya Kamenetz narrates with both chatty enthusiasm and the measured determination of someone who's serious about her message. Her appealing vocal personality makes it easy for listeners to absorb the research she cites about how TV, personal computers, and smartphones impact child development and family life. Writing with a good ear for narrative flow, she also keeps her listeners close by connecting her practical suggestions to her own parenting experiences and those of the many other parents she interviewed. Her major conclusions are that moderation with screens is important, especially for kids with emotional or social handicaps, and that enjoying their devices can be healthy for children if it involves other people and doesn't crowd out other ways of interacting with the world at large. T.W. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2018]