The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World

A provocative look at the new digital landscape of childhood and how to navigate it.In The New Childhood Jordan Shapiro provides a hopeful counterpoint to the fearful hand-wringing that has come to define our narrative around children and technology. Drawing on groundbreaking research in economics psychology philosophy and education The New Childhood shows how technology is guiding humanity toward a bright future in which our children will be able to create new better models of global citizenship connection and community.Shapiro offers concrete practical advice on how to parent and educate children effectively in a connected world and provides tools and techniques for using technology to engage with kids and help them learn and grow. He compares this moment in time to other great technological revolutions in humanity's past and presents entertaining micro-histories of cultural fixtures: the sandbox finger painting the family dinner and more. But most importantly The New Childhood paints a timely inspiring and positive picture of today's children recognizing that they are poised to create a progressive diverse meaningful and hyper-connected world that today's adults can only barely imagine.

Hardcover: 320 pages

Publisher: Little Brown Spark (December 31 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0316437247

ISBN-13: 978-0316437240

Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.2 x 9.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds