Review

Review: Dreißig Minuten, dann ist aber Schluss!

Patricia Cammarata may already be a familiar name to some of you. Either as @dasnuf on Twitter, through one of her many podcasts, for example Mit Kindern Leben, or through one of her books. If not: just click the links and have a look/listen. Well worth it.

Her latest book (the title translates to “Thirty minutes, and then that’s it!”) is all about the big topic of media education. The title sounds a lot flatter than the content actually is. She explains very precisely and with a lot of humour why this rigid rule is nonsense, how kids use media these days and what we as parents should watch out for. From YouTube to TikTok all the way to that ever-popular scare topic “My child is addicted to the internet!!1!”, the book really covers everything parents should know. Especially now, because of Corona, many parents are worried about the amount of time their kids inevitably spend consuming media. This book will calm you down and give you plenty of tips. Every topic also comes with tons of links that add further aspects or go deeper. The seven pages(!!) of references alone are worth buying the book for.

One caveat: the book is only available in German.

So what are you waiting for? Buy it. Read it.