Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World
Written by Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane
Narrated by Chris Fabry
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Is technology bringing your family closer together or driving you farther apart?
Children today are no longer playing hide-and-seek outside or curling up with a good book - instead they've been introduced to a world of constant digital entertainment through television, video games, and mobile devices. And while technology has the potential to add value to our lives and families, it can also erode a sense of togetherness and hinder a child’s emotional and social development.
In Growing Up Social, Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane will empower you with the necessary tools to make positive changes starting today. Through stories, wit, and wisdom, you’ll discover how to take back your home from an over-dependence on screens. Plus, you'll learn to teach the five A+ skills that every healthy child needs to master: affection, appreciation, anger management, apology, and attention.
Equip your child to be relationally rich in a digital world. Replace mindless screen time with meaningful family time. Establish simple boundaries that make a huge difference. Discover what's working for families that have become screen savvy. Learn healthy ways to occupy your child while you get things done. Now is the time to equip your child to live with screen time, not for screen time.
No phone, tablet, or gaming device can teach your child how to have healthy relationships - only you can.
©2014 Gary Chapman (P)2014 Oasis Audio
Gary Chapman
Gary Chapman--author, speaker, counselor--has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the #1 bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages series and director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. Gary travels the world presenting seminars, and his radio programs air on more than four hundred stations. For more information visit his website at www.5lovelanguages.com.
Related to Growing Up Social
Related audiobooks
Have a Happy Family by Friday: How to Improve Communication, Respect & Teamwork in 5 Days Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a Difference a Mom Makes: The Indelible Imprint a Mom Leaves on Her Son's Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why Your Kids Misbehave: and What to Do about It Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When Your Kid Is Hurting: Helping Your Child Through the Tough Days Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Planet Middle School: Helping Your Child through the Peer Pressure, Awkward Moments & Emotional Drama Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/510 Things Girls Need Most: To grow up strong and free Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Chicken's Guide to Talking Turkey with Your Kids About Sex Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parenting Your Powerful Child: Bringing an End to the Everyday Battles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries with Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Children Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Raising the Challenging Child: How To Minimize Meltdowns, Reduce Conflict and Increase Cooperation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Welcome to Your Child's Brain: How the Mind Grows from Conception to College Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Have a New Kid by Friday: How to Change Your Child's Attitude, Behavior & Character in 5 Days Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Loving Your Child Is Not Enough: Positive Discipline That Works Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Your Teenager Is Not Crazy: Understanding Your Teen's Brain Can Make You a Better Parent Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The DIY Guide to Building a Family that Lasts: 12 Tools for Improving Your Home Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Became Parents Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Family You've Always Wanted: Five Ways You Can Make It Happen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Now What?: The Chapman Guide to Marriage After Children Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Things I Wish I'd Known Before My Child Became a Teenager Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Married and Still Loving It: The Joys and Challenges of the Second Half Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers: The Secret to Loving Teens Effectively Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grandparenting Screen Kids: How to Help, What to Say, and Where to Begin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Teen's Guide to the 5 Love Languages: How to Understand Yourself and Improve All Your Relationships Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Home Improvements: The Chapman Guide to Negotiating Change With Your Spouse Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Choose Greatness: 11 Wise Decisions that Brave Young Men Make Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Making Love: The Chapman Guide to Making Sex an Act of Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 4 Seasons of Marriage: Secrets to a Lasting Marriage Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Relationships For You
Hit and Run Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm Glad My Mom Died Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/58 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Talk to Me Like I'm Someone You Love, Revised Edition: Relationship Repair in a Flash Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good Girls Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Trust Your Heart: Lead Your Journey to Self-Discovery From Within Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grow Up: Becoming the Parent Your Kids Deserve Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roxane Gay & Everand Originals: You Are a Teen Mom: Instructions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 5 Love Languages Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You’re Not the Only One F*cking Up: Breaking the Endless Cycle of Dating Mistakes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Boundaries in Marriage: Understanding the Choices That Make or Break Loving Relationships Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In the Dream House: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You're Cute When You're Mad: Simple Steps for Confronting Sexism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Growing Up Social
35 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love how they explain the practical tips in order to discipline a child in this screen driven world.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is the perfect balance of challenging ideas about tech in our lives and practical advice on how to make changes.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Restricting your tech savvy children these days in their online time isn't popular. Just as tricky as the previous generation parents wrestled with whether or not granting a television in each bed room to avoid arguments in the living room. In Growing Up Social Gary D. Chapman & Arlene Pellicane address the effects of ever more 'screen time' for children (and parents). While technology brought us many goods (work and shop from home, contacting people wherever they reside, outsourcing), on establishing and maintaining social relationships the authors see a lot of bad influences. Five skills that are elaborated are affection, appreciation, anger management, apology and attention. Learn to equip your child to be relationally rich in a digital world, replace mindless screen time with meaningful family time and establish boundaries. Combined with applying relevant love languages (Gary Chapman wrote The Five Love Languages in 1995), your family will be more social and coherent. Once and again the authors warn you not to condemn other parents or to expect the world to change for you. You can make a difference in your own (extended) family. The bad side of screen time is emphasized too much in my opinion. A shorter version of the book could have the same powerful message: protect your family time and don't let screens in whatever format rule your world.