Book Nook: Anything But My Phone, Mom! Raising Emotionally Resilient Daughters in the Digital Age

  

It may feel as though your preteen or teenage daughter is growing up in a different universe than you. Between smartphones, social media, and cyberbullying, the world is changing. Technology is transforming the way girls identify, learn, develop social skills, and communicate with the people around them. Many mothers feel as though they are venturing into alien territory, with no idea how to navigate these unprecedented situations. But the good news is regardless of your technological skill, you are still the best person to guide your daughter through all the chaos of adolescence.
 

In ANYTHING BUT MY PHONE, MOM! Raising Emotionally Resilient Daughters in the Digital Age, Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler shows mothers how to handle the modern challenges of parenting teenage girls, drawing upon dozens of interviews with teenagers and their mothers and her decades of clinical experience. With clear advice, she provides insights, strategies and tools for how you can better understand your daughter and what she's going through.

 

ANYTHING BUT MY PHONE, MOM! combines practical exercises in a friendly, approachable manner while debunking many common myths and assumptions about. Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler addresses the following:

 

• The importance of mothering the daughter you have
• How technology is affecting teens’ hearts and minds
• What neuroscience tells us about girls’ development, academic achievement, relationships, sense of self and, especially, their emotional wellbeing.
• Parenting after divorce
• Fostering healthy friendships and much more