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The Tech Exit
- Author
- Clare Morell
- Narrator
- Clare Morell
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Publish Date
- 5 June 2025
- Run Time
- 6 hours 32 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Clare Morell, fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and director of its Technology and Human Flourishing Project, argues that the answer is 'no'. She exposes the lies parents have been sold about managing the dangers of tech through parental controls and screen-time limits, and demonstrates that another way is possible - even if your children are already using smartphones or social media.
The Tech Exit maps a doable pathway to freedom from digital technology for families, local communities, and society. Drawing on dozens of interviews with experts and with families who have gone tech-free, as well as Morell's own work as a policy expert, The Tech Exit shows how digital technology is anything but necessary for children to live happy, healthy, and socially full lives.
The Tech Exit is essential reading for any parent who has felt stuck between an awareness of the dangers of digital technology for kids and the feeling that tech is necessary and inevitable. Clare Morell's message is simple and compelling: You and your family can be free. The life you want for your children is within reach.
Critics Review
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More and more parents are waking up to the reality that putting screens in their kids' hands has come at a cost, to mental health, relationships, and family life. But awareness alone often leaves parents feeling overwhelmed or guilty, asking, 'Now what?' Clare Morell delivers the answers. The Tech Exit is the clear, practical, and hopeful roadmap parents have been waiting for.
Hannah Oertel, Founder of Delay Smartphones
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We know smartphones can be harmful to kids and teens, but what can we do about it? In this indispensable guide, Clare Morell documents the solutions that actually work.
Cal Newport, author of 'Slow Productivity' and 'Digital Minimalism'
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A necessary and eye-opening wake-up call for parents... This book is a clarion call for parents and policymakers to finally understand how our children are routinely exposed to dangerous, violent, and pornographic content online. The only way is out, and this book shows parents how.
Jean M. Twenge PhD, author of 'Generations'
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Clare Morell is a modern-day Rachel Carson, and The Tech Exit is our generation's Silent Spring, issuing a compelling and clear-eyed warning about the deadly serious hazard we humans are exposing ourselves to in the name of what we thought was technological progress. The good news is that each family and community has the power to extricate itself from Big Tech's toxic trap - and Morell has provided the road map out.
Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of American Compass
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Finally, parents have dead-on and deeply human guidance on how to loosen tech's vice-like grip on our kids. Read this book!
Abigail Shrier, author of 'Bad Therapy'
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Details
- Author
- Clare Morell
- Narrator
- Clare Morell
- Duration
- 6 hours 32 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 June 2025
- ISBN
- 9781399828222
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Genre
- Parenting, parenthood: advice, topics and issues, Teenagers: advice for parents, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects
Synopsis
It's no secret that addictive digital technologies like smartphones and social media apps are harming a generation of kids socially, mentally, and even physically. But a workable solution seems elusive. After all, don't kids need phones, and won't they be vulnerable or socially isolated without tech?Clare Morell, fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and director of its Technology and Human Flourishing Project, argues that the answer is 'no'. She exposes the lies parents have been sold about managing the dangers of tech through parental controls and screen-time limits, and demonstrates that another way is possible - even if your children are already using smartphones or social media.The Tech Exit maps a doable pathway to freedom from digital technology for families, local communities, and society. Drawing on dozens of interviews with experts and with families who have gone tech-free, as well as Morell's own work as a policy expert, The Tech Exit shows how digital technology is anything but necessary for children to live happy, healthy, and socially full lives.The Tech Exit is essential reading for any parent who has felt stuck between an awareness of the dangers of digital technology for kids and the feeling that tech is necessary and inevitable. Clare Morell's message is simple and compelling: You and your family can be free. The life you want for your children is within reach.
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