Growing up Healthy in a World of Digital Media

An easily read and well illustrated guide, written by specialists from a range of 15 organisations concerned with childhood development. Edited by Dr Michaela Glöckler and Richard Brinton. Translated from the German by Astrid Klee. This new guide explains the dangers and risks to children and adolescents inherent in the new media: Impairment of brain development, communications stress, danger of addiction, loss of privacy, sites that are unsuitable for young people, cyber bullying and health impairment due to continuous radiation from wireless devices. This book illustrates the legal regulations, the safety measures and possible actions needed to prevent dangers or to address them appropriately. It provides an educational standpoint which represents an appropriate balance between the needs of children and adolescents, and the restrictions which are required as precautionary measures to safeguard against the inherent dangers.