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Set Free Childhood: Parents' Survival Guide for Coping with Computers and TV
Contributor(s): Large, Martin (Author), Sheppard, Kate (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 1903458439     ISBN-13: 9781903458433
Publisher: Hawthorn Press
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: March 2003
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Annotation: Do electronic media demands conflict with the real needs of children? Children today watch TV and use computers for five hours daily on average. They are also exhibiting record levels of learning difficulties, obesity, eating disorders, sleep problems, language delay and aggressive behavior. This book shows you how to counter the TV and computer screen culture and create a calmer, more enjoyable family life. Set Free Childhood presents convincing research on how the TV "tunes out" the brain, relates why doctors and educators say "the later the brain, relates why doctors and educators say "the later the better" for electronic media use and provides successful media coping strategies for families to prevent electronic addiction.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Parenting - General
- Computers | Social Aspects
- Performing Arts | Television - General
Dewey: 302.234
Series: Early Years
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.38" W x 8.56" L (0.65 lbs) 229 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Do electronic media demands conflict with the real needs of children? Children today watch TV and use computers for five hours daily on average. They are also exhibiting record levels of learning difficulties, obesity, eating disorders, sleep problems, language delay and aggressive behavior. This book shows you how to counter the TV and computer screen culture and create a calmer, more enjoyable family life.

Set Free Childhood presents convincing research on how the TV "tunes out" the brain, relates why doctors and educators say "the later the better" for electronic media use and provides successful media coping strategies for families to prevent electronic addiction.


Contributor Bio(s): Large, Martin: - Martin Large lectured in management and organizational behavior, including organizational development, education management, and postgraduate research supervision. He works as a facilitator, coach, and publisher with Hawthorn Press, as a writer, lecturer, and action researcher with two national land reform programs. He has enabled action learning groups in business, the community, and educational organizations for many years. He became a Churchill Travelling Fellow in 2003 and chaired the Community Land Trust National Demonstration Project (University of Salford, U.K.) from 2007 to 2009. Martin is current chair of Stroud Common Wealth, a social enterprise and land trust enabler. He has written three books.
 
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