Parenting young children : exploring the internet, television, play, and reading

• Main Authors: Strom, Robert D. (Author), Strom, Paris (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2010]
• Series: Lifespan learning.
• Subjects: Internet and children.; Television and children.; Play.; Reading.; Parent and child.; Family & Relationships > Parenting > General.; Sociology: family and relationships.; Parenting: advice and issues.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806617937
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-328-4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 202 pages)

Parents feel that a fast-paced lifestyle requires constant hurry to complete the next task and causes them to lose control over how time is spent. This environment makes it more difficult to build relationships with their children and teach them to honor priorities, care about others, maintain healt...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Teaching and learning
• Chapter 1. Exploring the internet together
• Chapter 2. Conversations and socialization
• Chapter 3. Young children as consumers
• Part II. Frustrations and fears
• Chapter 4. Hurry, patience, and frustration
• Chapter 5. Understanding the preschool soldier
• Chapter 6. Managing fears and worries
• Part III. Self-control and decision making
• Chapter 7. Self-control and adaptability
• Chapter 8. Mutual rights and getting along
• Chapter 9. Setting goals and self-evaluation
• Part IV. Play and imagination
• Chapter 10. In defense of pretenders
• Chapter 11. Learning to play with children
• Chapter 12. Observing children at play
• Part V. Creativity and curiosity
• Chapter 13. Curiosity and asking questions
• Chapter 14. Guidelines for watching television
• Chapter 15. Solitude and reflective thinking
• References.