The Tech Solution, Shimi Kang
The Tech Solution, Shimi Kang
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The Tech Solution
Creating Healthy Habits for Kids Growing Up in a Digital World

Author: Shimi Kang

Narrator: Nicole Oliver

Unabridged: 8 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Viking

Published: 08/18/2020

Synopsis

A Harvard-trained psychiatrist and mom of 3 gives parents and educators the tech habits children need to achieve their full potential--and a 6-step plan to put them into action.

You may have picked up on some warning signs: The more your 9-year-old son plays video games, the more distracted and irritable he becomes. Or maybe comparing her life to others on social media is leaving your teenaged daughter feeling down. Then there are the questions that are always looming: Should I limit screen time? Should I give my 11-year-old an iPhone?

The Tech Solution is a to-the-point resource for parents and educators who want the best approach for raising kids in our digital world. It outlines all you need to know about the short-term and potential long-term consequences of tech use. Dr. Kang simplifies cutting edge neuroscience to reveal a new understanding around how we metabolize experiences with technology that will lay the foundation for lasting success. On top of that, she offers practical advice for tackling specific concerns in the classroom or at home, whether it's possible tech addiction, anxiety, cyberbullying, or loneliness. With her 6-week 6-step plan for rebalancing your family's tech diet, Dr. Kang will help your child build healthy habits and make smart choices that will maximize the benefits of tech and minimize its risks.

Use The Tech Solution to help your child avoid the pitfalls of today's digital world and to offer them guidance that will boost their brains and bodies, create meaningful connections, explore creative pursuits, and foster a sense of contribution and empowerment for many years to come.

About The Author

DR. G. SHIMI KANG is an award-winning, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, researcher, media expert, bestselling author, and speaker. She is the former Medical Director for Child and Youth Mental Health for Vancouver community, a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, and the founder of the Provincial Youth Concurrent Disorders Program at BC Children's Hospital. Over her years of work across North America, Europe, and Asia Dr. Kang has helped thousands of children, teens, and adults move towards lives of greater passion, purpose, and joy. She has received six international awards including the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Research Award. Dr. Kang is most proud of receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her years of outstanding community service and of being the mother of three awesome but exhausting children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jadon on August 27, 2020

I don't really know why I felt the need to read this. I'm not a child, I don't have children, and I barely know anybody that does. Even still, I understand how difficult raising children must be in the post-information era, and I was curious to see what kind of perspective someone who has been activ......more

Goodreads review by Laura on March 24, 2021

I'll just note that I'm not a parent, but a lot of this seemed far fetched. I think the idea of getting kids off their screens (and where possible, postponing screen use until as late as possible) is a great idea and based on how terrible kids' mental health is lately I think this is 100% the right......more

Goodreads review by Wan on March 07, 2025

"The Tech Solution" highlights the critical role of adaptability in our rapidly evolving world, where technology and media are constantly advancing. The book delves into the dual-edged nature of modern technology—its undeniable convenience and its unavoidable impact on younger generations, whose neu......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas on March 11, 2025

Started out good, but I enjoyed this book less and less as it went on. While I am fairly aligned with the author's opinions on technology influence, I thought the way of explaining through discussion of hormonal response both overly simplistic as well as meandering and unfocused. The book also seems......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on February 22, 2024

I like this book well enough that I purchased it before I had finished my copy from the library. This is well written with a lot of good science backed information. I love that she includes an easily implementable plan for tech consumption for the entire family. I also loved her analogy of comparing......more

Quotes

“New research now shows that screen time is correlated with changes in the brain and that children and young teens are particularly vulnerable. Near epidemic levels of teenage and young adult suicides, lack of motivation, and social isolation are alarming. The Tech Solution pulls no punches, but fortunately offers all of us hope and practical, straightforward guidelines for how to protect our most important resource: the next generations’ brains.”
—Daniel Levitin, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of Successful Aging

“If you are a parent wondering about how to approach the use of technology with your children, this thoughtful guide provides science-backed discussions of how the brain responds to the complex ways digital devices compel us to use them. With this knowledge, Dr. Kang provides practical suggestions to steer the use of these devices in helpful ways that can improve your child's development and well-being—and your important relationship with each other as a family.” 
—Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., New York Times bestselling co-author of The Whole-Brain Child, Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine, and Executive Director, Mindsight Institute 

“As we learn more about the powerful impact of new technologies on the health and well-being of kids, it has never been more important for parents to teach responsible ways to use these tools. Dr. Kang offers a practical blueprint for achieving this urgent goal.”
—Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
 
“Without idolizing or demonizing technology, Dr. Shimi Kang offers parents and teachers a science-based guide to its appropriate and positive place in our children’s lives that’s filled with practical advice and heart-sourced wisdom.”
—Gabor Maté, M.D., author of #1 national bestseller In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction

“This is just the book that parents need as they try to make sound decisions about their children’s exposure to technology. Dr. Kang draws on the latest findings in neuroscience to advance our understanding of the impact of technology on the developing brain, and how we can maximize the benefits and avoid the dangers of social media, the internet, and gaming.”

—Dr. Stuart Shanker, author of Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life and founder of the MEHRIT Centre

“[Kang] offers practical strategies that parents and caregivers of children can adopt to augment the benefits of good tech.”
—The Globe and Mail

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