Get Off That Screen!: Humor and Hope for Parents in the Digital Age

“A playful (and all-too-relatable) tribute to the challenge of prying kids—and ourselves!—off of screens.” —Catherine Price #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Break Up With Your Phone

Is your kid’s obsession with screens driving you nuts? Do you spend your days begging and bribing your kiddo to “Get off that screen!”?

This funny gift book for adults can’t eliminate screen addiction (including, ahem, your own). But it can help readers vent their very-real frustrations (and enjoy a much-needed laugh) about raising teens and tweens in the digital age. As a mom herself, Willow Older tackles this serious challenge with a warm, playful touch and refreshing honesty … and a surprising twist. Get Off That Screen! offers both humor and help for stressed-out parents, grandparents, and caregivers—and anyone trying to raise, educate, or connect with kids in a high-tech, always-plugged-in world.

Fans of Shel Silverstein and Adam Mansbach will giggle and groan their way through this whimsical, delightfully illustrated book, which will make readers feel seen and supported even as they worry about their “Anxious Generation” kids, whose digital dependence puts them at risk for poor sleep, low grades, depression, distraction, and more.

Readers will also benefit from an Afterword by digital-age parenting expert Katherine Martinko, who offers thoughtful, practical tips for managing family screen time. Plus, discover books, podcasts, events, and other resources to help your whole household enjoy screen-free time together.

Author/illustrator Willow Older wrote this book back when “Get Off That Screen!” was her own daily parenting refrain. Now an empty nester who’s (thankfully) no longer monitoring her kids’ technology intake, she’s one half of the creative team behind the popular mindfulness title, Today I Noticed: A Little Book of Mindfulness that Will Change the Way You See the World (a Maria Shriver/Sunday Paper pick). Willow grew up in New Zealand and now runs her own ghostwriting and book coaching business in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most importantly, Willow and her husband are the proud parents of two remarkable young men, who both have tons of things they’d rather do than stare at their screens.