The Parent App: Understanding Families in the Digital Age

by Lynn Schofield Clark

Book Overview

Ninety-five percent of American kids have Internet access by age 11; the average number of texts a teenager sends each month is well over 3,000. More families report that technology makes life with children more challenging, not less, as parents today struggle with questions previous generations never faced: Is my thirteen-year-old responsible enough for a Facebook page? What will happen if I give my nine year-old a cell phone?

In The Parent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199899614
• ISBN13: 9780199899616
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"