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Cover of 5 Habits of the Tech-Ready Family by Chris McKenna

5 Habits of the Tech-Ready Family

Chris McKenna, founder of Protect Young Eyes, lays out five practical habits for helping families prepare and protect children in the digital age.

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Cover of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

The Anxious Generation

Haidt makes a broad case about the move from a play-based to a phone-based childhood, then proposes ways parents and communities might respond together.

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Cover of Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier offers ten powerful reasons to leave social media platforms, arguing that their business model depends on manipulating behavior and eroding our autonomy, empathy, and happiness.

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Cover of The Tech Exit by Clare Morell

The Tech Exit

Clare Morell offers a practical roadmap for families to step back from smartphones and social media, drawing on interviews with experts and families who have gone tech-free.

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Cover of The Shallows by Nicholas Carr

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

Nicholas Carr combines intellectual history and neuroscience to examine how the internet can reshape attention, reading, and memory.

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Cover of Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

Johann Hari examines the forces that undermine attention and asks what it would take to reclaim deeper focus in a distracted world.

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Cover of Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth

Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity

Paul Kingsnorth offers a wide-ranging critique of the technological, political, economic, and spiritual forces reshaping human life.

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Cover of Irresistible by Adam Alter

Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

Psychologist Adam Alter explains why so many digital products become hard to resist and how people can regain control of their attention.

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Cover of Handbook of Children and Screens, edited by Dimitri A. Christakis and Lauren Hale

Handbook of Children and Screens

Edited by Dimitri A. Christakis and Lauren Hale, this open-access research handbook examines how digital media affects children and adolescents across cognition, physical and mental health, relationships, parenting, culture, and society.

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Cover of The Opt-Out Family by Erin Loechner

The Opt-Out Family

Erin Loechner offers a thoughtful, practical guide to giving your kids what technology can't — presence, connection, and a slower, more intentional family life.

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