The Mediatrician's Guide: A Joyful Approach to Raising Healthy, Smart, Kind Kids in a Screen-Saturated World

by Michael Rich

In this holistic approach, Dr. Michael Rich empowers you to guide your children toward smart and healthy digital choices with straightforward instructions and actionable advice that you can customize for your family's specific needs.

Known as the "Mediatrician" due to his acclaimed work as a pediatrician, child health researcher, and children's media specialist, Dr. Rich presents a compassionate and realistic look at the reality of growing up in a screen-saturated world—and how you can help your kids emerge from a technology-rich environment as happy, well-informed, empathetic adults.

Backed by scientific evidence and decades of professional and personal practice, The Mediatrican's Guide will give you the tools to:

- Combat toxic media influences and virtual addiction.
- Train your family toward digital wellness.
- Understand what your child is learning from media.
- Rise above the anxiety of digital inundation and find a healthy, happy medium.   

Genres: Parenting

432 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 6, 2024

Reviews

[Natalie]

I read the intro and ended up skimming the first few sections as I have a 10 yo and have spent years researching what and how to manage media to date. I appreciated the format of the book. It was well edited with the anecdotal story boxes and questions. I also appreciated it was in parts. I used the index and confirmed the sections most relevant and then finished off the Part 3 before going basically to the Part 4 developmental stages check lists. Both reassuring to me and of the books content everything is the first 2 stages we did / do for ages 0-9 yo. For the tween 10-12 we have one planned thing and it was in the list. I think this is a great resource for someone who’s in need of a clear guide without a ton of drama like you get with parenting influencer content online.

[Kim Samuel]

This book is a precious gift to kids, parents, and modern society as a whole. It's full of compassion, practical solutions, and impressive empirical evidence. I believe that children’s screen time is one of the most consequential—yet misunderstood—challenges facing our collective future. Dr. Rich has given us the definitive guide to raising balanced and happy human beings in this age of ubiquitous distraction.