Generation Text: Raising Well-Adjusted Kids in an Age of Instant Everything
September 20, 2008 by Kailani
Filed under family topics, giveaways, reviews
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The winners are Sharon Jones & Becca’s Backyard.
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Girlie Girl and I were watching television the other day when a commercial came on trying to sell a make-it-yourself bling kit.
“I want that!”, she said.
“Add it to your wish list and maybe Santa will bring it for Christmas.”
“Mommy, you can order it online. It says so on the commercial. It could be here by Saturday!”
Generation Text by Dr. Michael Osit explores today’s electronic culture where kids are exposed to 24/7 “instant gratification”. In a world of internet-ready cell phones, text messaging, emails, and online commerce, no longer do they have to wait for something they want. With a couple of clicks, they can place an order, make payment, and have an item shipped directly to their front door.
However, he also agrees that all this technology is not always a bad thing as he discusses the positive influences the internet has on developing social skills, a healthy identity, and a sense of purpose and accountability.
From the book: “Parents who want to ensure that their children successfully develop key social skills, a healthy identity, and a strong work ethic need to make the right choices every step of the way. Clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Osit draws on his professional—as well as personal—experiences working with children and teens who have been challenged by unprecedented access to information, possessions, and temptation. Using case studies and examples, the book provides reasonable, down-to-earth strategies readers can use to address the unique issues faced by children surrounded by infinite choices…and very few limits.”
What I really liked about this book is they way it was written. Dr. Osit’s writing is funny, to the point, and entertaining. He explains his points using real dialogue and believable examples that almost everyone with kids have already experienced or will soon be. He also gives you workable advice and strategies that can be incorporated in your daily life as you deal with your child’s addiction to various electronic gadgets, including gaming. I mean, what child doesn’t have a Wii, XBox, PSP or Ninendo DS? I know I’m guilty of exposing my kids to electronics at an early age. Baby Bug can barely speak but she can play a mean game of Mario Bros.
I found this book to be a valuable asset and a great resource to which I know I’ll be referring to for years to come. It can be purchased at Amazon.com for $14.96.
Thank you to AMACOM Books for this great review opportunity!
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Uh, can I use this on my husband???
Seriously we have too much technology sometimes and I don’t know how I’m going to handle it with my son. Might be nice to have some perspective before we get that far!
I have your button up on my blog…
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I like that he says:
“that all this technology is not always a bad thing as he discusses the positive influences the internet has on developing social skills, a healthy identity, and a sense of purpose and accountability.”
sometimes i find it frustrating when people are constantly down on technology. When used responsibly techonology opens so many doors and is a great equalizer.
I want that! To give my to my daughter who has a 2 1/2 year old.
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I can see similar conversations with my son in the not too distant future. Would love to have some tips on how to handle…
My daughter can’t spell, but she CAN get around online. She can get to children’s game sites no problem, and I have no idea how she got there, lol. She started at 2 years old. it is quite scary.
I’d love to win the book, I have several teens who are into electronics, some pretty heavily.
I really want this book because I have two kids who ‘are exposed to 24/7 “instant gratification”’.
I’d like to win this because I have 3 kids!
I want to win
it sounds like a good read
To help my brother with his daughters.
It would be interesting to read. I have a son.
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Wow, NY and I have done our grandchildren a bit of a disservice by instantly giving them gratification. Monkey Boy has been known to say to his parents when he received the answer NO, “Well, my grandma will buy it for me”.
Now the only ones to suffer are…the babies, while we teach them differently and us, while we teach them differently.
This book might just be the answer.
if i don’t win it, i think i will end up buying it. i’m trying to start a parent’s ministry for my church and would love to make this book available to many parents to read.
thanks for the opportunity to win.
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i already subscribe to your feed through netvibes so you probably won’t give me a point ther.
if i were to win, i’d write a post about the book, but again probably no point there.
but you can gie me a point for putting your button on my side bar. i don’t know why i haven’t already done that. weird. just a lapse in keeping my blog as up to date as it should be. sorry. you should have been ther all along.
I guess I must have trained DD right cuz we now look at commericals and point out the flaws in them. She actually gets annoyed by all the toy ads during her shows. hee hee
And I used to carry her list with me for her to ad to, but now she has to carry her own list when we’re shopping. If she says “I want” I remind her that it isn’t her birthday or Christmas. she sighs and has to wait or earn the money herself.
I am “technologically challenged” and it’s just that everything becomes outdated soon after coming out. I could use some knowledge on this subject!
I am a stay-at-home mother of three kids who are all under the age of three. My husband and I will be home schooling, but we are not naive enough to think that that will “do the trick” and our kids won’t be influenced by society’s standards (or lack thereof). So we read every book that we can get our hands on that deals with raising kids who will need to be tech savvy, but will also need to be fully functioning, ethical human beings. I would love to have this book.
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Count me in; the book sounds extremely fascinating!
Hello, Sounds like a very good book resource. What parent couldn’t use a humorous book to help them know how to talk with their children about any situation?! Thanks, Cindi
Boy could I use this, my 4 year old is already computer literate!
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That sounds like something my son would say! I’d love to read this book. Its tough to raise kids nowadays. We’re all about play dates and structured activities. When I was little we’d go outside all day and play by ourselves until my mom whistled out the front door. The whistle meant it was time to come home for either lunch or dinner. That’s unheard of nowadays and its sad because kids seem to be losing the ability to entertain and/or motivate themselves. And the instant gratification? Ugh!! I don’t know what to buy any of my nieces or nephews for their birthdays or christmas because they already have everything. They get whatever they want, whenever they want it. I try not to do that with my son, but can’t claim complete innocence. Ok, enough of my rambling. I hope I win the book!!
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I would love to read this book for many reasons, but we have totally shut off text for now and my reasons were expensive, too many silly texting between people, a huge waste of time when they could be on the phone or communicating in person and so on but would love to read this and get ideas from it for alot more
This looks like an important and useful book. We have a daughter and a son. We could use all the help we can get.
My husband and I worry about our kids growing up in this culture. This would be a great tool to help us!!
Thanks!
Beth
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I’d love to win it. I’ve already got you in my google reader!
I would love to win this!
Maybe I could finally understand what the hooey my 17yr old stepson is saying.
Would love to win a copy of this book. Thanks for the chance.
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Sounds like a fascinating read. Please enter me!
Sounds like an interesting book
I love to win books because I love to read
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Sounds like a good book. I’m in!
I need all the help I can get, my daughter wanted a Power Wheels I told her maybe for X-mas and she said she wanted it NOW, I told her we didn’t have the money right now. She told me to go to the bank machine!
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I would love to read this , so that I will be better informed about raising my own two kids in this age of abundant technology.
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Oh Kailini you have no idea!
I have had this very topic on my mind lately , concerning my eleven yr old. I am afraid that I have created a media monster. Combine my love for shopping that he has obviously inherited with todays “instant access” to anything, and I’ve got a child that is not content with anything unless it’s does something. He has a collection of game consoles, tech toys and more but he cannot enjoy swinging on the porch swing and gazing at the stars.
Halp Kailini; I really, really need this book!
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I want to win this so I can relate and understand my text messaging kids!
No text messaging by the kids…yet, but they are FAR too versed in computer gaming and the internet. I would definitely like to win a copy of this book!
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I’ve got your button on “Back Porchervations”’s sidebar.
ours are getting to that age, this would be a big help i think
I am a subscriber…you know what I find with my 4 yr old? He doesn’t understand why I can’t just produce TV shows out of thin air when we are anywhere but home thanks to the DVR and DVD players.
I am so interested in this!!!
This is interesting, we do live in a society now where it is easy to communicate.
The reason I would love to win this is because I think it’s a critically important topic that adults with children in their lives, whether parents, teacher, aunts, uncles, etc, need to be aware of and sensitive to. I think this sounds like an excellent book!
Thanks so much!
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Sounds like a wonderful book…I am mom of 2, grandmom of 1, aunt of a bunch and nanny to tons…this is why I would LOVE to win.
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I would like to read this because I worry about my grandsons who are always playing video games.
I think this book is great. I need it to understand and help my grandchildren in this generation of technology.
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I work in education with kids of the junior high level, so I’m well aware of this Generation Text phenomenon. I’d love to hear the author’s take on it. Whether I win a copy of this book or not, I’m definitely going to be reading this book soon!
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“Parents who want to ensure that their children successfully develop key social skills, a healthy identity, and a strong work ethic need to make the right choices every step of the way.”
YIKES!! Make right choices every step of the way? Does any parent really do that?? I make mistakes almost every day. Some mistakes are bigger than others, but still… I’m not sure if I would want to read this book if that is the message behind it. Is that how it comes across? Because I’m not perfect. And even after reading a book, I still won’t be perfect. I’m learning and growing too and I hope that my kids will still turn out to have “key social skills, a healthy identity, and a strong work ethic” even though I’m not perfect
I’d love to have some input in this area! My oldest is 8 and we’re getting into so many “wants” vs “needs” for her already! It has a huge impact on family dynamics and her attitudes. I sure know that it does on mine!
Thanks for chance!
Cathy
Just blogged about the giveaway too!
Thanks again.
I would love to teach my girls about responsibility and accountability and prevent them from becoming spoiled.
I’m subscribed! (I’ve no idea why I wasn’t already!) Thanks for the gentle nudge.
Sounds like it could be an interesting topic to read about.
I have a tween that never seems happy with anything she has. Would love to read this book!
Would like to compare the book’s points to Frontline’s program, “Growing Up Online.” See http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/
Please enter me – my oldest is a texting queen
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I could use this.
My kids are soooo commercialized. I could really use this!
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we’ve just started those sorts of conversations here in my house! would love to read this book
Because as a high school teacher, I see kids spending all day sending text messages to people or chatting online when they’re in the same room and they think I’m totally crazy when I say “wouldn’t it just be easier to turn around and speak to him/her person to person ?!” !!! And I want to be one step ahead with my own kids (only 7 and 3 at the moment so I have a way to go ! )
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I would love to win this for my parents so they can kids & the internet better! hehe
I would love to read this to get more insight into how kids are thinking and relating to these new tech ways of communicating and how best I can deal with it!
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I would like to read this too. Thanks for the contest.
With 3 kids, one soon to get to the age to ask for a cell phone, it wouldn’t be a bad thing to get some good insight. I would love to read the book. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I’d like to read this book because I have often thought about this situation. I think kids in this generation will lack certain skills because of it. Thanks for the chance!
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I’d like to win this for my son – he takes advice from books all the time.
I have three kids and this book would be PERFECT for me to read. Thanks for the chance!
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Here’s a question!
Being 21, a youth of today’s society, is technology really all that bad? Many older folk feel like technology is ruining us, when really its only ruining their view on how life should be. Our culture is changing, the youth are adapting! The parents of my father I’m sure felt threatened and disapproving of the new things youth were involved in. I would like to see a book written by one my age whose done the research and can show that technology is NOT ruining us. It may be changing us, our views and opinions, but to use the term “ruin” is very harsh.
Is my point of view really off base?
Looks like it would be an interesting read.
love to win
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
Texting? Will I have to get rid of my Beta video player?
At 47 with a son 15, I really dont understand the electronic generation, I tell him stories about my sisters and I finding huge card board boxes and being able to play for hrs, he has no clue, maybe a book like this will make me understand more, thank you.
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I would love to win this.
Thank you so much for your review. I am thrilled that you found my book informative and useful. It is being received very positively. I am also pleased to see your review receive so many responses! If you would like more information or have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Also, if you wouldn’t mind, could you post your review on Amazon? The link is http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Text-Raising-Well-Adjusted-Everything/dp/0814409326/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220394138&sr=8-1 Thank you very much. Looking forward to hearing from you and your readers.
Dr. Osit
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I don’t have my own kids but work in a school with kids who want everything RIGHT NOW. I think this could help me with them. Thanks!
It is hard to teach delayed gratification to children and also unplugging once in awhile.
I definately could use this for my daughter.
OMG!!! I think that says it all. We are inundated with text language in our house and I have no idea how to deal with it.
I’d like this book so I can see how to keep technology usage to a balanced level in our house.
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I think this book would be very helpful to my daughter in raising my two grandsons, so I would share it with her.
i would like this because my 16 year old is constantly texting it drives me nuts
I definately could use this for my daughter AND GRANDSONS.
as mom to a preteen and a younger child, this would be great for me!
helpful as dad to a teenage boy
I have a child who can’t seem to understand the concept of practice makes perfect. She wants to do everything perfectly the first time or she melts down. Hopefully, this book helps there. haha
I would love to win this,because both my kids
are impatient,wanting it all now!
I would like to win please.
I subscribed
I put your button on my blog.
I would like to win this book because it looks very interesting!
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Hi Sharon
Congratulations! You are a winner in the Generation Text Giveaway at An Island Life. Please contact me within 3 days to claim your prize.
Thank you for your participation!
Aloha ~ Kailani
anislandlife at gmail dot com
Hi Becca
Congratulations! Your are a winner in the Generation Text Giveaway at An Island Life. Please contact me within 3 days to claim your prize.
Thank you for your participation!
Aloha ~ Kailani
anislandlife at gmail dot com
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