Learn how to foster empathy, connection and emotional resiliency in kids’ today with our new Face to Face book!
Interview with author Dr. Kathy Masarie
“. . . an indispensable guide to safe navigation of our families and kids into the digital world.” — DIANA STERLING, Author of The Parent as Coach Approach
“ . . . a miniature encyclopedia of the important issues facing parents today.” — ELIZABETH ENGLANDER, PhD, Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Ctr.
Face to Face: Cultivating Kids’ Social Lives in Today’s Digital World
This book addresses healthy friendships as well as peer mistreatment and offers tools and tips for dealing with the dilemma of digital media and connecting deeply with kids.
Explore the impact of screens on kids’ brains and lives
Foster empathy and build resilience
Address bullying and peer aggression
Discover tools and touchstones for deep connection
Together, create stronger families and communities
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“ . . . a miniature encyclopedia of the important issues facing parents today.” — ELIZABETH ENGLANDER, PhD, Dir. of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Ctr.
“. . . a much needed neuroscience-based . . . guide for parents, counselors and all adults who care deeply about the critical and positive development of the youth of our nation.” – DAVID W. WILLIS, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician and Founder of the Children’s Development Health Institute
“ . . . a tremendous gift to our society . . .” — SUELLEN FRIED, Founder of BullySafeUSA and author of Bullies, Targets & Witnesses
“This book can change your family’s world!”– SUSAN WELLMAN, Founder of The Ophelia Project
“. . . an indispensable guide to safe navigation of our families and kids into the digital world.” — DIANA STERLING, Author of The Parent as Coach Approach
“. . . a book that can guide parents on their journey to nurture empathetic, resilient children and teens.” — BETH HOSSFELD, LMFT, Co-Founder of One Circle Foundation
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This book can help you raise competent, caring kids!
Raising children is like an odyssey, full of wonder and woes, triumphs and trials. As parents, counselors, grandparents, and other caring adults, we lovingly strive to support our children to become competent, caring, and responsible adults with fulfilling relationships, and our job is not always easy. We live in a world heavily guided by media and technology, with screens increasingly competing for our time and attention.
Fostering face-to-face relationships continues to be the surest path to family happiness, vital friendships, individual fulfillment, and a caring society! To ensure that the significant value of face-to-face relationships is not lost, this guidebook advocates for mindfulness, learning, and networking with others.
Face to Face was written by a team of pediatricians, educators, counselors, and parents with a foreword by noted bullying expert Stan Davis. It offers an overview of current ideas and research in the fields of child development, brain science, and parenting that can help to inform parenting choices. Topics covered in the book include:
Friendship Starts at Home
Outside Influences including Consumerism and Lookism, Gender Stereotyping, and Overuse of Digital Technology
Navigating Friendship and Social Groups
Peer Mistreatment
Fostering Resilience
Because our authors know that sometimes we feel lost and are unsure of ourselves as caregivers, we also feature in Face to Face six special “touchstones” that research shows to be important for healthy and authentic living. These are scattered throughout the book for guidance.
Organized as a discussion guide, the book consists of seven chapters that can be used as the curriculum for seven discussion group meetings. Each chapter begins with an overview of topics related to various aspects of kids’ social lives. Then we supplement the overviews with related articles and conclude with discussion questions, suggestions on how to take action, and additional resources. Using the book as a discussion guide can be a powerful way to build strong connections with other parents and will go a long way toward affirming your personal values and strengthening your personal support system.
Hi! I’m Dr. Kathy. Welcome to my website! Although Family Empowerment Network is formally closed, we want to keep these resources available to you. Our belief is that parents are the most wise and intuitive about what is best for their children. However, parents sometimes need the support of effective, timeless, compassionate parenting information and strategies. On this website you will find our three parenting books on boys, girls, and kids’ social lives and ten years of monthly newsletter articles. In addition, a powerful, under-recognized resource is the support of other parents. Here you will find how to use our books as discussion guides for monthly self-led parenting groups. One last resource: I am still available to give talks and workshops.
