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- Herausgeber: Eric Reese
- Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
- Sprache: Englisch
As our children and teens race down the on-ramp to the Information Superhighway, many parents feel left behind in the dust. News stories about online sexual predators, child pornography, cyberbullies, hate groups, gaming addiction, and other dangers that lurk in the online world make us feel increasingly concerned about what our children are doing (and with whom) in cyberspace. In this book, "Who are the Kids Behind the Screen, provides you with need-to-know information about those online dangers, and she gives you the practical parenting strategies necessary to help children and teens learn to use the Internet safely and responsibly. Parents protect younger children by keeping them in safe places, teaching them simple safety rules, and paying close attention. As children grow, we help them gain the knowledge, skills, and values to make good choices--choices that will keep them safe and show respect for the rights of others. In the book, "Who are the Kids Behind the Screen", Eric shows you how those same strategies can be translated from the real world to the cyberworld, and that you don't have to learn advanced computer skills to put them into effect. As you work on these strategies with your child, you will also discover that remaining engaged with what your children are doing online is much more valuable than any blocking software you could buy. "Eric blends the perspectives of a wise parent and a serious scholar about issues related to Internet behavior and safety. . . . Pick up the book, open it to any random page, and you will find on that page or nearby a wealth of helpful advice and useful commentary on the cyber-reality facing our children and on how to deal with any of the issues identified.
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Who are the Kids behind the Screen?
Eric Reese
Contents
Preface
What in the world is social media?
Stats on Social Media and Children
Social Media Usage Statistics
Social Media Business Stats
Social Media Content Stats
Why are my kids using social media?
Negative Influences of Social Media on my Child
My Children can’t put down their phones
Preface
About two years ago, after coming home finally from being overseas, I took notice to a habit that one of my children displayed while visiting our relatives on our first union since returning. My daughter couldn’t not put her phone down. Between my plea for her to pay attention and interact with some family members that she hadn’t seen since she was younger and some of our older relatives taking notice, it was a failed attempt to get her to stop using her cellphone. I became frustrated and raised my voice a bit to get her attention and she insisted on using her phone and got visibly frustrated when her phone’s charge got low. Even as we sat at the table for dinner, she was on her phone, chatting and messaging as she responded attentively to each one of our family members whenever they struck a conversation. I sat clueless watching how my daughter, who was fifteen at the time, had the ability to multitask between supper, chat, text and family interaction and did it in synchronization.
A few months later, it happened again while my daughter and I was visiting her grandfather. This time, I was ready to snatch the phone from her, but I declined. I realized that she really needed her phone and would put up a defense if taken away from it. Relating from past experiences with technology in a sense, I couldn’t figure out exactly what she was addicted to. Was it the games, Snapchat, Instagram, texting or all of the above? Another episode occurred when she called me one day and told me she ran out of data because she was playing that Pokémon GO game and needed me to buy her some more data. I declined again, thinking to myself how in the world could she use all of her data on playing a game?
I was born in the era of Generation X, when the mother of the game and computer interaction was first conceived. In my book, “There and Now: Volume One”, I mention the frustrating times of having to pause my game when my parents called me to do a task. My guess is if we fast-forward two generations later, the same can be same with asking your millennial child to do the same with their cellphone.
