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Publisher
Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Through storytelling and spirited dialogue, a father-daughter team shares the struggles and rewards of making intentional choices about technology use during the teen years, setting teens on a path toward the love, confidence, and joy that every kid is looking for"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology-- more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity-- has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain's pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD,...
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Series
Language
English
Description
The Monterey Peninsula is rocked when a killer begins to leave roadside crosses beside local highways. Kathryn Dance, the California Bureau of Investigation's foremost kinesics expert, and Deputy Michael O'Neil follow a lead to Travis Brigham, a troubled teenager whose role in a fatal car accident has inspired vicious attacks against him on a popular blog, The Chilton Report. But as the investigation progresses, Travis vanishes--and Dance is forced...
Author
Language
English
Description
This book is designed to assist in identifying the warning signs of cyberbullying and prevent inappropriate behaviors. Cyberbullying is the intentional and repeated act of causing harm to others through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices. The authors help educators understand the potential consequences of this deliberate behavior and present strategies for effective identification, prevention, and response. Focusing on...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Addresses several types of cyber crimes, ranging from child pornography and solicitation to cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and sexting, giving parents the necessary information they need to protect their children in cyberspace. This book builds on the historical efforts to reduce child abuse in the United States and looks at the limitations of these efforts when attempting to address child abuse in cyberspace. By identifying these different types of...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Life
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Practical advice for raising authentic, self-reliant teenage girls in the age of the Internet from the experienced clinical psychologist Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler It may feel as though your preteen or teenage daughter is growing up in a different universe than you did. Between smartphones, social media, and cyberbullying, the world is changing. Technology is transforming how girls identify themselves, learn, develop social skills, and communicate with...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Jean Twenge offers a portrait of a new generation that is growing up more slowly and more anxious -- but also more tolerant and more safe -- than any generation in history. They stay away from grown-up temptations like alcohol and sex, but they also avoid grown-up responsibilities, like learning to drive, moving out of the house, and gaining financial independence. They're open-minded, forward-thinking, and prudent in ways that previous generations...
Author
Publisher
Silver Lake Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
This book deals with the risks posed by sexual predators in a thorough, rational way. It explains how and why they act as they do-online and in the real world. It uses actual cases to show how sex crimes happen. And it gives readers practical advice for how to avoid becoming victims. The cases in the book are taken from the author's original reporting and research. He has spent more than a decade working with law-enforcement agencies in their investigation...
13) CyberSafe: protecting and empowering kids in the digital world of texting, gaming, and social media
Author
Publisher
American Academy of Pediatrics
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Corwin, a Sage Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Todays students face a challenging paradox: the digital tools they need to complete their work are often the source of their biggest distractions. Students can quickly become overwhelmed trying to manage the daily confluence of online interactions with schoolwork, extracurricular activities, and family life. Written by noted author and educator Ana Homayoun, Social Media Wellness is the first book to successfully decode the new language of social...
15) Online predators
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Discusses the issue of predators on the Internet--including sexual predators, cyberbullies, and predators seeking financial gain--and describes the legal measures against them and how to protect oneself against them online.
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The most enduring change wrought by the digital revolution is neither the new business models nor the new search algorithms, but rather the massive generation gap between those who were born digital and those who were not. The first generation of "digital natives"--children who were born into and raised in the digital world--is now coming of age, and soon our world will be reshaped in their image. Our economy, our cultural life, even the shape of...
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Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Allison is drowning under the weight of her manipulative stage magician father. When he brings home the family's first computer, she escapes into a thrilling new world where she meetings Samir, a like-minded new online friend who has just agreed to run away from home with her. After moving to a new town and leaving all of his friends behind, Richard receives a mysterious note in his locker with instructions on how to connect to 'Evol BBS,' a dial-in...
Author
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Evol House. It may look to the unwitting outsider like a broken-down ranch house in the suburbs--but to those in the know, Evol House is the sanctuary of truant teens, punk rockers, nerds, and outcasts. At least, that's what it's supposed to be. Lately, it feels like everything's falling apart. In this thrilling sequels to Incredible Doom: Volume 1, Samir finds that life as a runaway isn't all he thought it would be; Allison spirals trying...
Publisher
YALSA, a division of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Keeping up with the latest tech trends can be challenging for even the most determined library worker. This kit provides libraries with 1) resources to help library workers gain confidence in using tech resources with teens and 2) with specific tech tools that can easily be incorporated into library services for teens. Teens are an integral part of the community the library serves and key future supporters of the library. It is critical for libraries...