Baby, Unplugged

One Mother’s Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age

A
charming, meticulously researched, and illuminating look at how technology
infiltrates every aspect of raising children today, filled with helpful advice
parents can use to best navigate the digital landscape, and ultimately learn to
trust their own judgment.

There’s
an app or device fornearly every aspect of parenting today:
monitoring your baby; entertaining or educating your toddler; connecting with
other new parents for tips, tricks, and community—virtually every aspect of
daily life. But it isn’t a parenting paradise; the truth is much more
complicated.

The
mother of two young daughters, journalist Sophie Brickman wondered what
living in a tech-saturated world was doing to her and her children. She turned
to experts, academics, doctors, and innovators for advice and insight. Baby,
Unplugged brings together Brickman’s in-depth research with her own
candid (sometimes hilarious) personal experience to help parents sort through
the wide and often confusing tech offerings available today and to sort out
what’s helpful and what’s not.

Filled
with relatable and entertaining stories as well as practical takeaways, Baby,
Unplugged is destined to become a touchstone for parents today, giving
them the permission to forge their own path through the morass of technological
options, to restore their faith in themselves, and to help them raise good,
social, and engaged people in the modern world.

Easy listening, high impact

I loved the material and the combination of both a narrative and a reporter-like approach. Often got me laughing and learning at the same time. Much appreciated insights about parenting in this technology-infused world.

Great content once it gets going.

I picked this title up for the educational content, having recently come into parenthood myself. There are some fascinating insights here, but they are buried under the initial staging of largely emotional anecdotes and flowery recipe blogger prose. After getting through the slog of part 1, I felt we finally got to the "does what it says on the tin" content I was originally hoping for.

So many devices takes away from the true meaning of motherhood

We can figure it out best by tuning into our children. Some apps and devices might help, but overall it causes stress and anxiety. You can’t tune into what you know if you’re filling your head with all the tech information. Yes some may help, but don’t be afraid to be present not perfect. loved this book!

Great info and perspective, very funny and sweet as well

Really loved the book. Covered a huge range of technology that is available or that likely impacts our/our children’s lives whether we like it or not, when and how some of it can be helpful, and maybe more importantly, all the things that we either shouldn’t waste time and energy worrying about or that we should probably try to avoid/limit. But more so than other books related to raising children, it is hilarious, making it a highly enjoyable read on top of being very informative. It is also very sweet and heartwarming at times. Highly recommend.

Parenting for Tech

It's OK, nothing ground breaking, her other stuff is better. Needs some update for all of the tech creep.