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Talking Back to Facebook: The Common Sense Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age
Now, more than ever, parents need help in navigating their kids’ online, media-saturated lives. Jim Steyer, founder and CEO of Common Sense Media, the nation’s leading kidsand- media organization, and the father of four children, knows that many parents and teachers—unlike their technology-savvy kids—may be tourists in the online world. In this essential book, Steyer—a fre...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
May 8th 2012
by Scribner
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James Steyer, acclaimed founder of Common Sense Media, has written often in articles and websites on the affect that social networks are having on our children. In his latest book, "Talking Back to Facebook" (Scribner 2012), Steyer discusses worries on every parent's mind about the social media engulfing our children.
With so much of education and play time revolving around digital devices like iPads, computers, Wii, apps, and more, parents have a right to be concerned and should question whether...more
With so much of education and play time revolving around digital devices like iPads, computers, Wii, apps, and more, parents have a right to be concerned and should question whether...more
I got through this pretty quickly--it's not a long book and you can skim the first part without missing out on anything. The first part was a little dry--goes into the history of digital media a little & the various challenges, such as diminishing privacy, we have today. Common Sense Media is mentioned frequently (the author is the founder) so there's a drinking game for you. Mostly I left the first part feeling pretty hopeless about my kids' future in this digital world; he tries to point o...more
Did you know your child's digital footprint starts with the first post you make of them on Facebook? What do you do with a teen that wants to sleep with their cell phone? This book is from the founder of a really great website called Common Sense Media. There is some theory in here that is followed up by really practical discussion and ideas of how to deal with technology and your child. I highly recommend this book, especially if you feel like you don't have a good understanding of current tech...more
The author of this book is the founder of Common Sense Media which rates movies, tv, video games, etc for age appropriateness and content. While some of the background information on internet privacy policies (or lack there of) was a bit much to navigate, it was an interesting read just the same. If anything, I was able include new information in a discussion with my son about safe internet use, privacy issues and the like.
This book is very timely. In fact, it is so timely that it will doubtless be horribly out-of-date in just a few years, referring to games and TV shows and websites that children are no longer interested in. But for today, this is an important book to read for any parent who isn't sure how to handle their children's access to the digital world. Common-sense practical advise is provided, broken down by age.
As the subtitles suggests, a lot of this book is basic common sense but it is a good reminder that we need to take precautions to protect our kids as they start engaging on the internet. Also provides some basic guidelines for parents which I thought were helpful.
I'm not entirely sure what to make of this yet. It's good, if somewhat more focused on policy than I think is useful. I keep thinking about how I would write it, which makes it hard to appreciate on its own merits.
This is an important book for parents and teachers to read. We are living in a digital age where the kids are natives, but not always literate, and the adults are tourists. James Steyer provides helpful and realistic strategies for parents to teach their kids how to have a healthy, balanced relationship with the technology in their lives.
Steyer is CEO of CommonSense Media, which I like as a resource for teaching and parenting, but which I also filter through a "this is bad" lens on most digital media. Still, it's an important website to bookmark and worth a view.
I read this book to review it for my company's newsletter and learned a lot about Facebook's disregard for privacy. A very interesting book.
Useful for those with children and how to control social media in their lives. An almost impossible task, one would think.
This was a great read for parenting and helping our kids navigate through the digital world in which they exist. It gives suggestions for specific age groups. I definitly want to purchase this book and refer back to it from time to time. My overall feelings can be expressed by this... Be careful what "digital footprints" you make because the "mouse droppings" cannot be cleaned up.
I would recommend this book to every parent. It really opened my eyes to this new digital age and how necessary it is...more
I would recommend this book to every parent. It really opened my eyes to this new digital age and how necessary it is...more
Not quite what I expected, but it was good :)
A look at how parents should approach Facebook and social media in regards to their children. Another cautionary look at how much private information we are giving away.
I found the first half-mostly about the potential dangers of media-to be awfully redundant. The tips in the second part were practical, but I think you could get the same information from the author's website, commonsense.org, without taking the time to check out the book.
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kinda alarmist but useful for people with kids who aren't sure when to introduce them to what.
Need to buy this one for school and home. I'm sure it will outdate itself in about 3 weeks but incredibly helpful suggestions for each age group.
great information to arm parents with the tools we need to navigate the tricky waters of raising kids in this fast paced digital world. a must read.
I didn't learn anything new, and was disappointed with the lack of research other than poll data.
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