The Bottom Line
Gloria DeGaetano’s Parenting Well in a Media Age: Keeping Our Kids Human is an empowering book for parents who find the media’s influence on their teen difficult to deal with. Does your teen need a certain brand of sneaker? Is the television on too often? This book is a must-read for you.
Pros
- The compelling information in this resource makes it a real page turner.
- Real life examples add validity to the text.
- Simple straight-forward explanation and approach.
- Looks at parenting as more than a job.
Cons
- I felt that there was more to be said in many of the areas.
Description
- Lays out exactly how our parenting job is different than that of parents in the past and how the media has influenced this.
- The chapters are broken down into the five essential needs that all children must have to be raised successfully.
- Explains why parents need to take care of who they are in order to be able to help their children be the best they can be.
Guide Review - Parenting Well in a Media Age: Keeping Our Kids Human
Book Description
This illuminating investigation takes a fresh look at the role of media in children's lives. An overview of the formidable challenges parents face and creative ways to overcome them are included, as are strategies for turning a home environment from "high-tech" to "high-touch." Moving beyond demonizing the media, this work, like none before it, articulates the difficulties of parenting in our depersonalized society. It offers hopeful alternatives for all parents wanting to protect children from, and teach children about, media's impact.
This illuminating investigation takes a fresh look at the role of media in children's lives. An overview of the formidable challenges parents face and creative ways to overcome them are included, as are strategies for turning a home environment from "high-tech" to "high-touch." Moving beyond demonizing the media, this work, like none before it, articulates the difficulties of parenting in our depersonalized society. It offers hopeful alternatives for all parents wanting to protect children from, and teach children about, media's impact.
Denise’s Thoughts
I feel I have benefited from Gloria DeGaetano’s realistic view of everything a parent needs to be aware of in this media centered world. And she certainly doesn’t shirk our responsibilities with her writing – you won’t find a lot of blame in this book. It is more like 'this is the way it is, so here’s what we need to do'. She also adds a guiding hand that makes her readers think she is right there with them as they face how today’s media is affecting their child. I enjoyed reading it and believe it is also a wonderful reference book to keep in your parenting library.
