Palfrey, John
Summary: "Today's teenagers spend an average of nine hours per day with their noses immersed in the glow of their screens. Tweens are not far behind, at six hours a day. Parents of this new, ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should they limit a child's screen time? Should an eight-year old be allowed to go on social media? What about playing video games with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 004.67 PALKardaras, Nicholas
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 KARBogart, Matthew
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BOGBogart, Matthew
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 INCCohen-Sandler, Roni
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Life 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 COHSales, Nancy Jo
Summary: Explores the changes in the way teenage girls are growing up in America, discussing the new norms, from extreme behaviors to lack of basic communication skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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Summary: An absolutely essential read, written by a leading expert, for anyone who wants to understand young people's use of social media.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale Univ Pr 2014