Sexting, cyberbullying, revenge porn, online predators all of these potential threats can tempt parents to snatch the smartphone or tablet right out of their childrens hands. While avoidance might eliminate the dangers, that approach also means your child misses out on technologys many benefits and opportunities.
Raising Humans in a Digital World shows how digital kids must learn to navigate this environment, through
- developing social-emotional skills
- balancing virtual and real life
- building safe and healthy relationships
- avoiding cyberbullies and online predators
- protecting personal information
- identifying and avoiding fake news and questionable content
- becoming positive role models and leaders.
This book is packed with at-home discussion topics and enjoyable activities that any busy family can slip into their daily routine. Full of practical tips grounded in academic research and hands-on experience, todays parents finally have what theyve been waiting fora guide to raising digital kids who will become the positive and successful leaders our world desperately needs.
Praise for Raising Humans in a Digital World
If you need practical, positive advice on how to handle your and your kids digital lives, look no further. This book tackles the risks and addresses the potential harms, while keeping our eyes on the prize of the remarkable rewards that the online world brings.
--Stephen Balkam, founder CEO, Family Online Safety Institute
Raising Humans in a Digital World is not only a timely book, its essential reading for every parent, grandparent, and teacher. Diana Graber empowers you through her educational (proven and practical) curriculum and engages you through anecdotal stories.
--Sue Scheff, founder of Parents Universal Resource Experts and author of Shame Nation, Google Bomb, and Wits End
Brilliant, compelling, and essential are the first words that came to my mind when reading Diana Grabers Raising Humans in a Digital World. Diana not only taps her own exemplary expertise but also assembles a whos who of digital thought leaders to deliver a treasure trove of pragmatic advice via an engaging storytelling style.
--Alan Katzman, founder and CEO, Social Assurity LLC
Diana Graber not only shows parents how to create safe and responsible relationships in this ever-changing digital world, but she gives them the powerful tools to navigate through the many aspects of what is required to keep kids safe online. The misuse of technology and the cruel behaviors that take place daily by kids and teens can be changed, and Graber shows this in her informative and educational book Raising Humans in a Digital World. The book should be every parents bible as a resource to ensure that their children are responsible and safe.
--Ross Ellis, founder and CEO, STOMP Out Bullying
This beautifully written book gives you the tools to raise healthy kids in a digital world. The anecdotes underscore the thoughtfulness of todays youth and their hunger for learning how to navigate their world well, instead of just being warned off by fearful adults. It is thoughtfully organized and theoretically sound, and will empower parents to have some of those much-needed conversations with their kids.
--Dr. Pamela Rutledge, director, Media Psychology Research Center and faculty member, Fielding Graduate University
