The Age of Unseen Pressure (eBook)

A Scientific Exploration of Childhood, Screens and the Psychology of Modern Fear

Charlotte A. Langdon (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
402 Seiten
Jean M. Twenge (Verlag)
979-8-3496-9900-9 (ISBN)

Infos

In just a single generation, childhood has been transformed. The world that once nurtured imagination, outdoor play, and face-to-face friendship has been replaced by screens, schedules, and constant digital connection. Our children are growing up in an environment that promises convenience and safety yet delivers rising rates of anxiety, disconnection and emotional fragility.

In The Age of Unseen Pressure, Charlotte A. Langdon offers a compelling exploration of how technology, overprotection and modern culture are reshaping the inner lives of children and what we can do to restore balance, independence and joy. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience and real-world stories, this powerful book shines light on the unseen pressures facing today's youth from smartphone dependency and social media comparison to academic overload and the loss of unstructured play.

But this is not just a book about what's gone wrong it's a roadmap for healing and renewal. Through deeply empathetic storytelling and evidence-based insight, The Age of Unseen Pressure helps parents, educators and caregivers:

• Understand the roots of rising anxiety, depression and social withdrawal in children and teens.
• Recognize how overprotection and constant supervision can limit confidence and problem-solving skills.
• Learn how technology and social media shape emotional development and attention.
• Reintroduce unstructured play, freedom and healthy risk-taking as essential tools for resilience.
• Foster emotional intelligence, autonomy and real-world connection in the digital era.

Every chapter combines research with practical wisdom, offering strategies that empower adults to guide children toward emotional balance, curiosity and courage. The book concludes with actionable "Practice & Reflection" exercises designed to help families and communities rediscover what truly makes childhood meaningful.

Hopeful, insightful, and deeply human, The Age of Unseen Pressure is both a wake-up call and a healing invitation to reconnect with what children need most: space to grow, courage to explore, and the freedom to be themselves in a world that never stops moving.

Childhood has changed and not always for the better. The Age of Unseen Pressure explores how technology, overprotection and modern pressure are fueling anxiety and disconnection in kids. Drawing on psychology and real-life stories, Charlotte A. Langdon offers practical strategies to raise resilient, confident and emotionally connected children in today's digital world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Schlagworte: Child Development • Childhood anxiety • connected parenting • Digital parenting • Digital Wellbeing • Emotional Intelligence • Family and society • mental health in youth • modern childhood crisis • modern parenting • overprotection • Parenting psychology • play and creativity • Prepper. • raising confident children • reclaiming childhood • resilience in kids • screen time • Smartphone Addiction • Social Media effects • technology and youth
• ISBN-13: 979-8-3496-9900-9 / 9798349699009