Tech-Smart Parenting
  • Published: 31 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529955538
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368
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Tech-Smart Parenting

How to keep your kids happy and safe online

  • Catherine Knibbs
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28 Oct 2025
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31 Jul 2025
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Leading cybertrauma expert Catherine Knibbs is the much-needed voice of reason in this science-backed guide to building healthy boundaries around tech whilst holding your child close.

'A must-read for the tech-anxious generation' – Pete Etchells, psychologist and author of Unlocked

Should we ban screens? We are asking the wrong question – what we really need is tech-smart parenting.

Children today are growing up in a world more connected than ever before, exposing them to dangers their parents didn’t even imagine. But in our rush to protect them, we can do more harm than good; outright bans and rules deemed ‘unfair’ can push your child a way, when what they need most of all is you.

Child psychotherapist and cyber-trauma expert Catherine Knibbs has helped hundreds of families work together to build healthy boundaries around tech. In this science-backed guide, Knibbs sets out what the evidence really says about the risks and where your fears may be misguided, so that you can break free of worry and guilt to make the right decisions for your family.

From screen-time, to addiction, to development and relationships, Knibbs guides you through her tech-smart approach for every issue at every age, with realistic advice, tips and tools that put your child’s needs first, and specific advice for neurodivergent children. With scripts to steer positive communication, guidance on parental controls and honest discussion of the dangers, this book will help you protect the most important connection of all – your own connection with your child.
  • Published: 31 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529955538
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368
Categories:

Praise for Tech-Smart Parenting

This is an essential book for any parent who wants to feel more informed and confident in navigating the new digital childhood. Grounded in evidence, relatable stories and practical tools, Tech-Smart Parenting offers a realistic yet reassuring approach to screens in what can often feel like an overwhelming environment that makes parents feel like they're failing. Knibbs cuts through the panic in the screen time debate with wisdom and warmth - a must-read for the tech-anxious generation.

Pete Etchells, author of Unlocked: The Real Science of Screen Time

Parents are rightfully confused about how their children should be interacting with social media, gaming and devices. Catherine Knibbs provides a much-needed and refreshingly balanced viewpoint in offering practical advice for technology use. Tech-Smart Parenting moves away from salacious fear-mongering about a lost generation, and instead offers an essential, clear-eyed view about the promises and perils of youth tech use and how parents can feel empowered and informed. Tech-Smart Parenting should be a go-to book for those looking for a pragmatic approach to parenting in the digital age.

David Ryan Polgar, Founder and President of All Tech is Human

An essential, expert (and overdue) guide for any parent worried about how tech is affecting their children, but wanting to rely on science instead of paranoia.

Dean Burnett, neuroscientist and author
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