Screen-Savvy Kids

JOHN HOWARD is a parent educator and writer who has spent more than fifteen years helping families navigate one of modern parenting's most difficult questions: how to raise confident, capable children when screens are everywhere. A former classroom teacher with a master's degree in child development, he has led hundreds of workshops in schools, community centers, and workplaces on topics ranging from managing meltdowns to building healthy digital habits.

His approach is grounded in the research but firmly rooted in the real world—the world of homework battles, negotiation-happy teenagers, and parents who are doing their best with the time they have. Over the years, he has worked with thousands of families and has learned that what parents need is not more judgment or another set of rigid rules, but clear principles, practical tools, and permission to be imperfect.

As a father of three, John writes from the trenches as much as from the literature. His work has appeared in parenting publications and education blogs, and he speaks regularly to parent groups about raising kids who are confident online and off. *Screen-Savvy Kids* grew out of the questions parents asked him most often—the same questions at the center of this book. He lives with his family, their well-used basketball, and a charging station in the kitchen where every phone sleeps at night.