Quotidian Tales reviews Power Down & Parent Up

The book “Power Down & Parent Up,” by Holli Kenley – says it is all about cyberbullying, screen dependence, and raising tech-healthy children.

That reminds me of what my six-year-old had asked Santa as his last year’s Christmas present – a tablet. Santa might give her a tablet this Christmas, but that keeps us, parents, on our toes thinking about whether it will be appropriate for the little one.

Presently, technology has become a boon and a curse in itself. No wonder parents struggle to understand what to do and what should be the limitation imposed on kids to use it. It’s a constant hassle between kids and parents. Let alone when it becomes a demand and addiction for these little ones. Can you even imagine the vast virtual world they get exposed to and how vulnerable they are there?

Holli Kenley‘s book analyzes, resolves, and tackles such daily hassles giving parents the upper hand when dealing with kids and technology. A book you can pick up for resolutions when you see your kid spending hours on a gadget, and you have no clue how to handle it?

This book also meticulously explains the psychological and emotional effects, brain damage, and cognitive impacts of extensive screen dependence. Understanding these effects and discussing them with your kids will help them and yourself steer through these prolonged screen exposures more efficiently and on healthy terms.

Finally, the note on which this book ends is just so meaningful in today’s world.

Let’s show our kids they matter more than our screens.

That is just about when we parents can take exclusive control of the situation. Our author says – Together, we can protect, intervene, and prevent cyberbullying. We can address and correct unhealthy attitudes, behaviors, and feelings that promote screen dependence. We can raise tech-healthy children!

Click HERE to buy the book

Let’s keep this book with us and raise healthy kids without being harsh or denying their wishes. Let’s Power Down and Parent Up!

Power Down & Parent Up Review

Rather imply that families can return to some idealistic less complicated time without Facebook, sexting, social networks, and Twitter, and whatever else comes along, Kenley’s booklet will help parents mitigate possible harm to their children as they integrate this technology hopefully into healthy lives and relationships.
Ronald Mah, M.A. LMFT, author of Difficult Behavior in Early Childhood and The One Minute Temper Tantrum Solution

Holli addresses children’s readiness for technology as well as rules, contracts and education for parents to consider for their children as they introduce or allow entry of new technology into their lives. Cyber bullying and victimization are concerns addressed as well as internet resources for parents, with tools for protection, interventions and prevention–a must for parents in our technological world.
Lani Stoner, Marriage and Family Therapist

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Gift Horse: A Kat Wilde U.P. Mystery [PB]

SKU 978-1-61599-839-5
$24.95
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UPC: 978-1-61599-839-5
Brand: Modern History Press
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Author: Terri Martin
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09/01/2024

Tucked away in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the village of Peshekee has more to worry about than the long winters and steelhead fishing. Scandal and a suspicious death or two visit the rural village, setting speculation and gossip into motion. After her post-college career collapses, Kat Wilde finds herself living with the family cat in her parents' basement. With no other prospects on the horizon, Kat is offered a gift she can't refuse: inheriting her late uncle's failed equine venture, Wildwood Stables. There, she sees hope for regaining independence from a pity job at Dad's accounting firm. Attracting the attention of Nikko Olsen, a local woods cop, leads to unconventional romance and adventure. The discovery of a corpse, along with disturbing encounters at the old horse campground, launches a spate of entanglements that unravel as Kat stumbles onto family sins and secrets.

"I want to be Terri Martin's Kat Wilde in Gift Horse: the reluctant recipient of a run-down horse boarding stable whose spirit is exceeded only by her heart! Thrown by the discovery of a dead body in her barn, Kat is determined to solve the mystery, aided and abetted by a host of endearingly wacky characters. Martin's Gift Horse is a pleasure ride, with enough bumps, turns and twists in the trail to keep the reader glued to the saddle -- right up until a very satisfying ending." -- Nancy Besonen, author of Off the Hook

"Kat Wilde, a Gen Z woman trying to find a life in the rugged wilderness of the U.P., stumbles into an unlikely inheritance that reignites the fire of her forgotten youthful passion for horses. She is a down-to-earth heroine I rooted for at every turn, as she and new beau, Nikko Olsen, unravel the schemes of a murderer and impostor." -- Victor Volkman, Marquette Monthly

"I thoroughly enjoyed meeting Kat Wilde, our guide through the landscape of Gift Horse. Her humorous choice of language comes through - even during the most desperate events, of which there are many. Things start with a few signs of danger and soon grow into dead bodies and blackmail." -- Bob Rich, author of Hit and Run

"Gift Horse is a first-class mystery story using engaging characters. The story flows masterfully with Martin's signature undertone of humor. She uses it well. Things start to move fast after Kat Wildeinherits her uncle's failed equine venture, Wildwood Stables Twists and turns occur and romance develops when Kat pairs up with Niko, the handsome son of the local sheriff. Unexplained murders and family secrets run in tandem to Kat and Niko's growing romance. I loved this book and can't wait to read more of Kat's adventures." -- Ann Dallman, award-winning author of Cady Whirlwind Thunder Mysteries

Learn more at www.TerriLynnMartin.com

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