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Getting Unplugged: Take Control of Your Family's Television, Video Game, and Computer Habits - Softcover
TVs. VCRs. Computers. Video games. Are our children being hypnotized by the unblinking eye of the small screen —whether television or computer? Most parents know —and recent studies confirm —that too much time spent watching television or playing computer games can be harmful for kids. Increased violence, poor social skills, behavioral problems, apathy, and declining test scores are all part of the problem. How do we protect our families? By getting unplugged.
Here's an easy-to-follow, 4-week program —devised by the authors and implemented with smashing success —that helps children and parents take charge of their electronic addictions. Start by taking the TV Quiz to determine how much is too much for your family. Learn how to replace hours of screen time with constructive, challenging, and, above all, fun activities everyone will enjoy. From preschoolers to teens to adults, the whole family benefits when you gain control of your television and computer habits.
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A proven, easy-to-follow program for breaking kids of their TV/PC addictions. Most parents nowadays know that too much time spent watching television or playing computer games is bad for kids. The problem is, most parents simply don't know how to wean their kids away from their screens. Now, from the author of the critically acclaimed Breaking the TV Habit, here is a book that provides parents with a painless, easy-to-follow program for getting their kids unplugged.
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JOAN ANDERSON is the author of the critically acclaimed Breaking the TV Habit. Her successful No-TV programs have been covered by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Family Circle, and other publications.
ROBIN WILKINS is an educational television consultant who has worked on the advisory board of WNET in New York.
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- PublisherWiley
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0471178896
- ISBN 13 9780471178897
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages164
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Book Description usa. Condition: Good (ex-library). usa. 164 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: John Wiley & Sons, USA, 1998. *** CONDITION: This book is in good (ex-library) condition. Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A proven, easy-to-follow program for breaking kids of their electronic addictions. Most parents know that too much time spent watching television or playing computer games is bad for kids. The problem is they simply don't know how to wean their children away from their screens. When first denied their usual video fix, children can become sullen and irritable, but in the long run they recapture their natural zest for real life. Now, from the author of the critically acclaimed Breaking the TV Habit, here is a book that provides parents with an easy-to-follow 4-week program for getting their kids unplugged. Provides a quiz that helps parents analyze their children's viewing habits. Features fun, educational alternative activities that take the place of TV. Includes the latest research on the negative effects of computers, video games, and TV on children. Publication timed to coincide with National TV-Turnoff Week (April 22-28) Joan Anderson (Harwich, Massachusetts) has led no-TV programs in New York and New Jersey schools. Her programs have received extensive coverage in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Family Circle, and other publications. ROBIN WILKINS (Harwich, Massachusetts) is an educational television consultant who has worked on the advisory board of WNET in New York. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Self Help & Motivation; ISBN: 0471178896. ISBN/EAN: 9780471178897. Inventory No: 11040327. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 11040327
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