Carson, CA, March 11, 2008 – New book helps parents understand their multitasking, technologically adept Net Generation children, adolescents, and young adults.
United States of America (Press Release) March 11, 2008 --
Face it. Pre-teens, adolescents, and young adults live immersed in media. They spend the equivalent of a fulltime job PLUS overtime consuming a diet of MySpace, TV, texting, IMing, music, video games, and gobbling up anything technological. Written by Dr. Larry Rosen, an expert in child development, parenting, and a pioneer in studying the psychology of technology, “Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation” is the first book to explain to parents, in down-to-earth language, why children love media. It provides sound, easy-to-understand psychological theories and straightforward strategies to help parents raise healthy Net Generation children in a world many do not understand.
“Me, MySpace, and I” tackles issues that scare parents including sexual predators, cyberbullying, Internet addiction, pornography and more. Each topic is presented so parents can appreciate, understand, and integrate the recommendations into their own parenting style using Dr. Rosen’s 30-plus years of research, teaching, and interviews with thousands of children and parents.
Children and young adults have never known a world without the Internet, cell phones, and all things technological. Parents may be technologically sophisticated, but their children know more, learn faster, and gobble up new media at an unprecedented rate. Radio took 38 years to reach 50 million consumers. The telephone took only 20 years, television 13, cell phones 12, and cable TV 7. This generation has seen the Internet, iPods and texting reach 50 million users in only 4 years while MySpace amassed 125 million users in just 2.5 years and YouTube in just 1 year. Parents look at this world as a dizzying onslaught of new media while their kids thrive on the pace of change.
Multitasking makes us uniquely human. The Net Generation has perfected this skill and raised it to an art form. They text friends, while IMing five more, trading MySpace comments, watching TV, and doing homework, all while iPod ear buds blast their favorite songs. “Me, MySpace, and I” explores this multitasking generation and helps parents keep children safe while allowing them to pursue an online social life, and maintain good grades. Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine said, “If you're clueless about your child's online world, check out this great resource for parenting the Net Generation.” The Library Journal called it “Highly Recommended.”
Dr. Larry Rosen is a professor of psychology, author of “TechnoStress: Coping with Technology @Work, @Home, @Play” and has been featured in USA Today, Newsweek, Good Morning America, CNN, and hundreds of other media as the expert in parenting Net Generation children, adolescents, and young adults. As quoted by one nationally known parenting expert, “Dr. Rosen brings insights, humor, and a balanced approach to how parents can understand and deal with this particularly challenging phenomenon.” Visit www.Me-MySpace-and-I.com for more about this valuable resource.
“Me, MySpace, and I” tackles issues that scare parents including sexual predators, cyberbullying, Internet addiction, pornography and more. Each topic is presented so parents can appreciate, understand, and integrate the recommendations into their own parenting style using Dr. Rosen’s 30-plus years of research, teaching, and interviews with thousands of children and parents.
Children and young adults have never known a world without the Internet, cell phones, and all things technological. Parents may be technologically sophisticated, but their children know more, learn faster, and gobble up new media at an unprecedented rate. Radio took 38 years to reach 50 million consumers. The telephone took only 20 years, television 13, cell phones 12, and cable TV 7. This generation has seen the Internet, iPods and texting reach 50 million users in only 4 years while MySpace amassed 125 million users in just 2.5 years and YouTube in just 1 year. Parents look at this world as a dizzying onslaught of new media while their kids thrive on the pace of change.
Multitasking makes us uniquely human. The Net Generation has perfected this skill and raised it to an art form. They text friends, while IMing five more, trading MySpace comments, watching TV, and doing homework, all while iPod ear buds blast their favorite songs. “Me, MySpace, and I” explores this multitasking generation and helps parents keep children safe while allowing them to pursue an online social life, and maintain good grades. Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine said, “If you're clueless about your child's online world, check out this great resource for parenting the Net Generation.” The Library Journal called it “Highly Recommended.”
Dr. Larry Rosen is a professor of psychology, author of “TechnoStress: Coping with Technology @Work, @Home, @Play” and has been featured in USA Today, Newsweek, Good Morning America, CNN, and hundreds of other media as the expert in parenting Net Generation children, adolescents, and young adults. As quoted by one nationally known parenting expert, “Dr. Rosen brings insights, humor, and a balanced approach to how parents can understand and deal with this particularly challenging phenomenon.” Visit www.Me-MySpace-and-I.com for more about this valuable resource.
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