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We love our books! We love the way they feel in our hands, their smell, that quiet uninterrupted moment they bring, and the conversations they start. Here are our latest reads that challenge the way we think, illuminate new perspectives and ground us as we search for digital health.
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An urgent and insightful investigation into the demise of our global, collective ability to focus. Johann Hari went on a three-year journey to uncover the reasons behind our shortening attention spans.
He interviewed the leading experts in the world on attention, and learned that everything we think about this subject is wrong. We think our inability to focus is a personal failing – a flaw in each one of us. It is not. This has been done to all of us by powerful external forces. He shows us how in a thrilling journey that ranges from Silicon Valley dissidents, to a favela in Rio where attention vanished, to an office in New Zealand that found a remarkable way to restore our attention. Crucially, he learned how – as individuals, and as a society – we can get our focus back, if we are determined to fight for it.
An urgent and insightful investigation into the collapse in youth mental health, from the influential social psychologist and international bestselling author.
In this book, Haidt makes a compelling argument that the loss of play-based childhood and its replacement with a phone-based childhood that is not suitable for human development is the source of increased mental distress among teenagers.
Sexting, cyberbullying, revenge porn, online predators… all of these potential threats can tempt parents to snatch the smartphone or tablet right out of their children’s hands. While avoidance might eliminate the dangers, that approach also means your child misses out on technology’s many benefits and opportunities. We love how this book empowers kids to navigate the digital realm and gives useful tips for busy families to slip into daily routines.
We all know how easy a ‘Google oops’ can happen and it only takes a few taps on smartphone for a curious child to find an endless supply of hard-core, violent and addicting porn. This book is a great resource to help porn-proof our kids, it makes a difficult discussion easy and empowering. A junior version is also available for ages 3-6.
A great book full of practical ideas on how to bring nature into your daily life. Focusing on everyone; communities as a whole, adults, and children, this book is a must-read for anyone inspired to reignite their love for the natural world… or for those who are ready to embrace it for the first time. If you like Last Child in the Woods, read this next!
Screen Sanity’s ever-growing assortment of tools offers practical tips and essential information on everything from the latest social media platforms to smartphone safety.
