Beyond Remote-Controlled Childhood: Teaching Children in the Media Age

More and more of childrenAEs attitudes, values, interests, and behavior run the risk of being controlled by their experiences with the popular media culture and screens instead of being actively created by children themselves. That is, childhood is becoming increasingly remote controlled. Learn how to counteract the potentially harmful impact media can have on both the process and content of childrenAEs development and learning, and how to help families make informed decisions about the screen media in childrenAEs lives.