Healthy Screen Habits for Tweens & Teens: A training workbook to help you use your phone wisely

The fundamental habits tweens & teens need to have a healthy relationship with media, screens, and smart devices. -Considering giving your child their own smartphone? This thoroughly researched tool is the perfect companion guide!- Whether your child is new to owning a phone, or even if they’ve had one for a while, chances are they’re still figuring out the DOs and DON’Ts of using a smartphone wisely. This workbook is here to help your child navigate life in the digital world! We’ve put together all the information, tips, hacks, and rules to ensure that their phone is a useful tool that THEY CONTROL, not the other way around. We explain the WHYs behind the rules of phone use. We show your child the possible traps and dangers to watch out for, how to prevent them, and how to fix them if your child has made a mistake. We give your child the 5 Core Healthy Screen Habits to use daily, protecting them from some of the worst mistakes tweens and teens make while using their phones. This workbook will teach your child how to use their phone as a tool to help them do great things in their one amazing life, making YOUR life so much easier, too! Teens will love the engaging design: Colorful graphics, easy-to-read font type & size, concepts made simple to understand, interactive exercises, and easy-to-follow instructions Parents will love the essential content: Social media use tips, privacy & online safety instruction, alternatives to using technology for emotional regulation, examples of using technology for good, and protection from online dangers like cyberbullying, pornography, and more Take a peek at the Table of Contents: Chapter 1 – Be Your Own Hero Chapter 2 – What’s the Purpose of Your Phone? Chapter 3 – Team Up! Chapter 4 – What Tech Companies Want from You Chapter 5 – What You Do On Your Phone Matters Chapter 6 – Texting & Sexting Chapter 7 – Social Media Chapter 8 – Video Games Chapter 9 – Online Bullying Chapter 10 – Pornography Chapter 11 – Think for Yourself! Be Safe! Chapter 12 – No Phone Zones Chapter 13 – What to Do When You’re Feeling “Meh” Chapter 14 – How to Make a U-Turn Chapter 15 – #sharegoodness References (including peer-reviewed journal articles) Healthy Screen Habits for Tweens & Teens is an engaging, colorful, comprehensive workbook that provides practical tips and strategies for wise tech use. This resource will be something your child can reference again and again as they develop their own healthy screen habits. About the Authors: School social worker Amy Adams, LCSW, PPSC, and Jeannie Ondelacy Sprague, M.Ed. Educational Psychology, understand the teenage brain. As mothers to four children each, and with extensive experience in the education field, Amy and Jeannie have merged their research and expertise to develop a workbook that will help tweens and teens remember the important skills and habits for using their phones wisely. As co-founders of Healthy Screen Habits, they make it their mission to help families develop a healthy relationship with technology.