The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age Audiobook

Quotes

• “In her insightful and compelling new book, Catherine Steiner-Adair reveals how technology and the Internet are fragmenting American families, leaving parents confused and children lonely. Put down your smartphone and read this book!”

  — Michael Thompson, PhD, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Raising Cain 

• “Catherine Steiner Adair with great wisdom, and compassion for our confusion, helps lead us out of this technological thicket…A mandatory read for our own sake as well as the sake of our children.”

  — Madeline Levine, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Teach Your Children Well

• “In a book that should be required reading for all parents, Steiner-Adair examines the extraordinarily negative impact of the digital revolution on parents and children…[A] highly readable study.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “An important guide to an occasionally overlooked aspect of modern parenting.” 

  — Kirkus Reviews

• “Finally, a book that comprehensively answers the question parents everywhere have been struggling with: How to raise happy, creative, caring kids in the age of screens? The Big Disconnect is not just a smart book, it’s a very, very wise one.”

  — William Powers, author of Hamlet’s Blackberry

• “Dr. Steiner-Adair offers wonderful suggestions for dealing with issues the new tech world has brought upon us—all based on the reassuring premise that the family shapes a child’s brain, mind, body and soul in unique human ways that technology can’t replace.”

  — Susan Ginsberg EdD, author of Family Wisdom

• “A riveting, hugely important book that every parent will want to read…A great book, rooted in massive research, told in vivid, charming, unforgettable narrative, conveying a message of the utmost relevance today.”

  — Edward M. Hallowell, MD, author of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness