Nurturing Young Minds

Edited by Dr Ramesh Manocha & Gyongyi Horvath
To read the full chapter go to Volume 2, chapter 5, pp. 73-91.

Authors

Dr Kristy Goodwin

Leading digital parenting expert

Dr Kristy Goodwin is a leading digital parenting expert (and mum who also has to deal with her kids’ techno-tantrums!). She’s the author of Raising Your Child in a Digital World, a speaker, researcher and media commentator with a gift for translating research into practical and digestible information for parents, educators and health professionals.

Website: www.drkristygoodwin.com

This chapter will outline possible risks to kids’ health, learning and development if screen-time isn’t used in healthy and helpful ways. It will detail practical strategies that parents and educators can implement to mitigate any potential risks associated with technology (because digital abstinence is not a viable solution!).

Want to Learn More, Get Help or Find Support?

Watch: Encouraging Healthy Technology Use in Young People (3:27)

Watch: Healthy Media Consumption – Practical Strategies (31:23)

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Children and Media: www.childrenandmedia.org.au

Common Sense Media: www.commonsensemedia.org

Dr Kristy Goodwin: www.drkristygoodwin.com

Esafety: www.esafety.gov.au

Healthy Children: www.healthychildren.org

Goodwin, K, 2016, Raising Your Child in a Digital World, Finch Books, Sydney.

Manocha, R (Ed), 2017, Growing Happy, Healthy Young Minds: Generation Next, Hachette Australia, Sydney.

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