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Richard Freed

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Richard Freed, PhD, is a child and adolescent psychologist, author, and his insights have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other media outlets.

Freed has a leading role in exposing the secret addictive science hiding behind social media, video games, and other kids' screens. Freed reveals this destructive science and how to protect kids in his book Better Than Real Life: The Secret Science Addicting Kids to Screens--and How to Save Childhood.

Freed speaks nationally to groups of parents, teachers, and health care providers. Receiving his professional training at Cambridge Hospital / Harvard Medical School and the California School of Professional Psychology, he is on the advisory boards of the Screen Time Action ...more

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Dear Dr. Freed, I re-use one of your quotes from the Atlantic article "Do Smartphones Have a Place in the Classroom?" and mention the title of your book in my forthcoming young adult book, Thinking Critically: Cell Phones from Referencepoint Press. If you would like to see a PDF of the press proof of the book, let me know. Bradley Steffens

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Nice to hear from you, and thanks for mentioning my work. Can I ask the direction/message of your book? Thanks, Richard
You can contact me via…moreBradley,

Nice to hear from you, and thanks for mentioning my work. Can I ask the direction/message of your book? Thanks, Richard
You can contact me via email at RichardNFreed@gmail.com

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Richard Freed For me, not being able to write about something often means I don't understand the subject enough, or I haven't thought it through. So, I'm often help…moreFor me, not being able to write about something often means I don't understand the subject enough, or I haven't thought it through. So, I'm often helped by delving into the subject matter and starting to outline my ideas. Pretty soon, I'm hopefully inspired to write. As I write about it here, overcoming writer's block sounds relatively pain free, but in truth it's often a gut-wrenching experience. (less)

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Average rating: 4.17 · 102 ratings · 21 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age 4.03 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better Than Real Life: The Secret Science Addicting Kids to Screens—and How to Save Childhood 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Richard Freed's Blog: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age

What is Good Parenting in the Digital Age?

"I can't limit her phone... It's her own private world," a mother told me about her 14-year-old daughter. This teen girl, who I was working with in my practice as a child and adolescent psychologist, spent her life glued to her phone in her room. Cut off from her parents, she was depressed and failing her classes. Still, the mom insisted, "I don't have the right to limit her phone."

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Published on December 23, 2015 19:12 • Tags: authoritative-parenting, parenting-in-the-digital-age, smartphones, steve-jobs, technology

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Richard Freed made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — updating my book page topic " Goodreads, Thank you in advance for your help. On my author profile, my first book, "Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age" is properly li ...more "
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