A
charming, meticulously researched, and illuminating look at how technology
infiltratesevery aspect of raising children today, filled with helpful advice
parents can use to best navigate the digital landscape, and ultimately learn to
trust their own judgment.
Theres
an app or device fornearly every aspect of parenting today:
monitoring your baby; entertaining or educating your toddler; connecting with
other new parents for tips, tricks, and communityvirtually every aspect of
daily life. But it isnt a parenting paradise; the truth is much more
complicated.
The
mother of two young daughters, journalist Sophie Brickman wondered what
living in a tech-saturated world was doing to her and her children. She turned
to experts, academics, doctors, and innovators for advice and insight.Baby,
Unpluggedbrings together Brickmans in-depth research with her own
candid (sometimes hilarious) personal experience to help parents sort through
the wide and often confusing tech offerings available today and to sort out
whats helpful and whats not.
Filled
with relatable and entertaining stories as well as practical takeaways,Baby,
Unpluggedis destined to become a touchstone for parents today, giving
them the permission to forge their own path through the morass of technological
options, to restore their faith in themselves, and to help them raise good,
social, and engaged people in the modern world.
