Sams Teach Yourself E-Parenting Today: Using the Internet and Computers to Be a Better Parent

by Petersen, Evelyn; Petersen, Karin

• ISBN13: 9780672318184
• ISBN10: 0672318180
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

Sams Teach Yourself e-Parenting Today looks at the Internet as a valuable resource for parents and provides creative ways to use the Web to be better parents and raise better children. This book shows parents how to use the Internet to develop critical life skills all children need to learn, such as creativity, problem solving, self-confidence, responsibility, and social skills. You will also find sites to better a parent's knowledge on things like online educational resources for children, parenting sites, and special resources for health issues, special needs children, and family crisis. All of this is done in a friendly manner with lots of hands on examples that parents and children can do together.This is a test .

Table of Contents

Forward	vii
Introduction	1	(4)
Part I Getting Started
Being an e-Parent	5	(16)
Why a PC Can Be More Useful to Families Than a TV	21	(16)
Part II Raising Better Kids Using the Internet and Computers
Using the PC and Net to Nurture Creative Problem Solving	37	(26)
Using the PC and Net to Nurture Self-Esteem	63	(24)
Using the PC and Net to Enhance People Skills	87	(24)
Using the PC and Net to Teach Discipline and Responsibility	111	(24)
Part III Web Resources for e-Parents
Online Resources for Schooling	135	(24)
Online Resources for Parenting	159	(26)
Internet Safety for Online Kids	185	(22)
Saving Family Traditions in New Ways	207	(80)
Appendixes
A A Brief Guide to Child Development	233	(38)
B e-Parenting Web Site Directory	271	(16)
Index	287