Get science-based answers to your most pressing questions about your kids and the media in this pioneering audio series. Douglas A. Gentileâa parent, preeminent child psychologist, and award-winning professorâteaches you practical strategies for wiser media habits.
In 23 engaging lectures, Dr. Gentile gives you the knowledge you need to foster healthy brain and social development, helping your children become calmer, happier, and more sociable. As you look at cutting-edge scientific discoveries, you will understand how your childâs brain is wired, how it matures, and how the media molds it.
Youâll discover the truth about media violence, the link between screen time and school performance, the surprising ways advertisers influence your child, and much more. With Dr. Gentileâs advice, youâll learn to harness the positive effects of media and prevent harmful effects like video game addiction.
Taught by one of Americaâs leading experts, this course is the definitive parentâs guide to children and the media. We live in a world flooded with multimedia influences. Now more than ever, good parenting requires science-based knowledge to enable you and your children to make good choices. As Prof. Gentile says, "Itâs like knowing how a magic trick is performed." You will leave the course understanding not only the "whats" of media psychology but also the "hows" and "whys" behind it.