Social media wellness : helping tweens and teens thrive in an unbalanced digital world

Summary: This book looks at the social media word of teens and tweens and provides practical suggestions to help students manage distractions, focus and prioritize, improve time mannagement, and decrease stress and build empathy while using social media.

Record details

ISBN: 9781483358185 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xv, 219 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks : Corwin, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Landscape : what today's social media world looks like for tweens and teens -- Background : where we've been, where we're going, and why it matters -- Side effects : five ways social media affects today's tweens and teens -- Conversations : how to talk about social media -- Academic wellness : organization, compartmentalization, and energy management in the age of distractions -- Social and emotional wellness : encouraging students to be healthy online and in real life -- Physical wellness : finding balance in an unbalanced world -- Moving forward : implementing the strategies at school and at home -- Recommended reading list -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Index.
Target Audience Note:	Educators. Parents.