Raising Children in the 11th Hour: Standing Guard In an Age of Marketing, Media and Madness

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Quick Overview: A Latter-day Saint mother of four examines the modern forces—media, marketing, and cultural pressures—shaping childhood and offers practical, research-backed strategies for parents to raise balanced, healthy kids.
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Written from the parenting trenches, this collection of thoughtful essays tackles the challenges facing today's children—from video games and junk food to Facebook, sexualized marketing, and environmental toxins. Drawing on research, statistics, and warm personal anecdotes from her Scandinavian childhood and life raising four bilingual kids in Oklahoma, Victoria Fisher encourages parents to swim upstream against a tide of screens and commercialism. She champions outdoor play, reading, sleep, board games, and block play as antidotes—reminding us that raising children happens one hour, one day, line upon line.

  • A mom of four names the invisible forces—marketing, media, and 'madness'—stealing childhood, and shows parents how to fight back
  • Blends parenting research with warm, funny stories from a free-range Scandinavian childhood
  • Practical, bite-sized chapters you can read one at a time on the topics that worry you most: screens, sugar, sleep, and safety
  • Encouraging rather than guilt-inducing—'line upon line,' one day at a time

Perfect for a parent of young children who feels overwhelmed by screens, marketing, and modern pressures and wants research-backed encouragement to parent more intentionally.

Product Details

Author
Victoria Fisher
Format
Paperback
Pages
160
Dimensions
5.5x8.5 in
Interior
Black and White
Weight
6.1 oz
ISBN
9781462110506
SKU
10506
Imprint
CFI
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