Social Media Wellness

Ana Homayoun is a noted teen and millennial expert, author, speaker, and educator. Her work focuses on promoting organization, time-management, personal purpose, and overall wellness for young people. Her first book, That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Succeed in School and Life, quickly became a classic among parents and educators for the pragmatic approach to executive functioning issues. Her next book, The Myth of the Perfect Girl: Helping Our Daughters Find Authentic Success and Happiness in School and Life, explores the real-life dilemmas of young women today and provides strategies for finding authentic success and happiness. Her latest book, Social Media Wellness: Helping Teens and Tweens Thrive in an Unbalanced Digital World, decodes the new language of social media socialization, and provides practical strategies to encourage better choices online and in-real-life.In addition to her individualized consulting services, Ms. Homayoun travels around the world working with schools, and frequently provides parent education, student presentations, and professional development presentations. Her work has been quoted or featured in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, San Jose Mercury News, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and ABC News, among others, and is a frequent guest on NPR.She is the founder of Green Ivy Educational Consulting, a Silicon Valley-based educational consulting firm. For more information, please visit www.anahomayoun.com and www.greenivyed.com.

"Ana Homayoun has written the very book I’ve yearned for, a must-read for teachers and parents. I have been recommending Ana’s work for years, but Social Media Wellness is her best yet; a thorough, well-researched and eloquent resource for parents and teachers seeking guidance about how to help children navigate the treacherous, ever-changing waters of social media and the digital world."

• PROLOGUE1. Landscape: What Today’s Social Media World Looks Like for Tweens and TeensThe New Language of Technology and Social MediaSo Much Has Changed, Yet So Much Remains the SameHow Social Media and Technology Affect the Overall Educational ExperienceSummary2. Background: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going, and Why It MattersHow We Got HereThe New Social MediaWhy All of This Is a Big Deal in Terms of Tweens, Teens, and the School ExperienceSummary3. Side Effects: Five Ways Social Media Affects Today’s Tweens and TeensAltered ExpectationsMixed MessagesInformation OverloadOn-All-the-Time Mentality“All About the Likes” Personal Values DevelopmentSummary4. Conversations: How to Talk About Social MediaUnderstand the Language and the LingoUse the Framework of Socialization, Self-Regulation, and SafetyRecognize the Importance of Attitude and ApproachMake It All About ThemHelp Them Identify Their ValuesEncourage Them to “Get Real” About Daily Choices and HabitsWork Collaboratively to Come Up with Acceptable Use PoliciesA Word About Technology AddictionSummary5. Academic Wellness: Organization, Compartmentalization, and Energy Management in the Age of DistractionsThe New Language of Technology in SchoolsHow Social Media and Technology Affect Academic WellnessOptimizing Organization with Virtual Folders and In-Real-Life (IRL) BindersMapping Out Assignments and ActivitiesManaging Time and EnergyStress: The Art of Monotasking and Encouraging Personal ProductivityFinding Flexibility for Different Learning StylesThe Cheating DilemmaSummary6. Social and Emotional Wellness: Encouraging Students to Be Healthy Online and In Real LifeThe New Language of Social Media SocializationHow Social Media Affects Friendships, Relationships, and Personality DevelopmentHelping Students Figure Out Their “Why”Encouraging Students to Define Qualities of Healthy RelationshipsRecognizing Negative Compensatory BehaviorsUnderstanding Connection Versus IsolationClosing the Empathy Gap and Cultivating CompassionPromoting Appropriate Social and Emotional BoundariesDeveloping a Plan for Guidance and SupportAcknowledging and Validating the Bystander ExperienceSummary7. Physical Wellness: Finding Balance in an Unbalanced WorldThe Teetering ImbalancePromoting SleepEncouraging Stress ManagementFocusing on Functional ExerciseUnderstanding AddictionKnowing the Signs and Getting HelpProtection from Physical Harm and DangerSummary8. Moving Forward: Implementing the Strategies at School and at HomeThings to Think About at SchoolReflecting as a SchoolThings to Think About at HomeReflecting on the Home FrontRecommended Reading ListAcknowledgmentsEndnotesIndex