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

Synopsis

A Refreshingly Positive 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.--dust Jacket. Introduction: Plato Would've Been A Gamer -- Part One: Self. The New Story Time ; The New Playtime ; The New Sandbox -- Part Two: Home. The New Family ; The New Hearth ; The New Puberty -- Part Three: School. The New School Bell ; The New Language Arts ; The New Learning Objective -- Part Four: Society. The New Empathy ; The New Media Literacy ; The New Childhood. Jordan Shapiro. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 295-301) And Index.