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    Time-Out from Technology: A Kid's Guide to Unplugging and Having Fun
    Time-Out from Technology: A Kid's Guide to Unplugging and Having Fun
    Time-Out from Technology: A Kid's Guide to Unplugging and Having Fun
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    Time-Out from Technology: A Kid's Guide to Unplugging and Having Fun

    By Molly Wigand

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    By establishing reasonable limits and nurturing an open dialogue with our children, we can help them become discerning and thoughtful consumers of digital media. We can implement parental controls and passwords to help set limits for children’s time online. More important, though, is setting good examples by mindfully unplugging ourselves from the digital space and spending time offline with our kids, providing them with opportunities to have fun and be stimulated by real life experiences. This balance will help them become smart digital consumers who develop good habits and create healthy relationships.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJul 14, 2015
    ISBN9781504016889
    Time-Out from Technology: A Kid's Guide to Unplugging and Having Fun
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    Molly Wigand

    Molly Wigand is a writer and editor who lives in Lenexa, Kansas. She and her husband, Steve Jackson, have three sons. She is the author of a number of children’s books and has taught creative writing to children and adults. She is a frequent contributor to Abbey Press Publications and is the author of the Elf-Help Book for Kids Help Is Here for Facing Fear.

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      Time-Out from Technology - Molly Wigand

      A Message to Parents, Teachers, and Other Caring Adults

      We see the warnings everywhere: too much time spent playing video games and watching TV places our children in danger of obesity, heart disease, and a host of other dangerous conditions.

      As they grow into young adulthood, our children’s relationship with technology becomes even more intense and complicated. The internet creates a dynamic in which it is difficult to discern which relationships are real and which are false or illusory. At a time when young people have more friends than ever online, the addictive technology keeps them from interacting with people in real life.

      The media children consume on television and in movies is

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