Connected But Alone: Parenting the Smartphone Generation

What if the greatest threat to your child's mental health is already in their pocket?We are raising a generation of children who are more connected than ever-yet lonelier, more anxious, and more emotionally fragile than any generation before them. The rise in screen time, social media, and smartphone dependency hasn't just changed how kids communicate. It's rewired how they develop, relate, and see themselves. Connected But Alone is the wake-up call millions of parents have been searching for. If you found value in Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation or Cal Newport's Digital Minimalism, you'll discover practical hope and heart in Connected But Alone.-combining cutting-edge neuroscience, heartfelt real-life stories, and step-by-step strategies tailored specifically for parents, educators, and caregivers. You'll walk away understanding: Why anxiety, depression, and social withdrawal are spiking in kids as young as eight-and what screen-based childhood has to do with it.The four core harms of digital overexposure-sleep disruption, social disconnection, emotional dysregulation, and addiction-and how they manifest differently in boys and girls.The small, practical habits that lead to real change, without power struggles, parental guilt, or tech-shaming.How to rebuild connection in your home, renew real play, and raise kids who are more grounded, imaginative, and emotionally strong.But this is not just another parenting manual. This is a cultural intervention-a battle cry against the erosion of childhood. Author Harry Ashton, a voice as wise as he is empathetic, invites you into a conversation filled with compassion, clarity, and courage. Backed by powerful research, personal insight, and deeply relatable scenarios, Connected But Alone offers a blueprint for healing not just your family-but the entire generation growing up in the glow of a screen. This book is for you if: You've ever struggled to get your child's attention over a tablet or phone.You worry your teen is losing self-worth through the lens of social media.You long to restore real connection, deep play, and lasting resilience in your home.Connected But Alone doesn't ask you to throw out all technology-it teaches you how to reclaim your role in a world that desperately wants your kids' attention. Raise kids who are connected to what really matters.Start here. Start now.

• | Author: Harry Ashton
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00154 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798282090000