{"product_id":"baby-unplugged-one-mothers-search-for-balance-reason-and-sanity-in-the-digital-age-isbn-9780062966476","title":"Baby, Unplugged: One Mother’s Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s an app or device for nearly 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003ci\u003eBaby, Unplugged\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with relatable and entertaining stories as well as practical takeaways, \u003ci\u003eBaby, Unplugged\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut how do you cut through the noise of babytech and find what truly works for your family?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eData Tracking vs. Intuition:\u003c\/b\u003e From smart socks to sleep trackers, discover which data is actually useful and when to trust your own gut instead of the numbers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Virtual Village:\u003c\/b\u003e Can 38,000 strangers in a Facebook group replace your real-life friends? 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