It’s not just our kids getting too much screen time these days. Parents are also guilty of spending too much time on their electronic devices. Researchers at the Boston Medical Center observed 55 different groups of parents and young children eating at fast food restaurants. The study found the majority pulled out their mobile devices right away, and, in turn, their kids tended to act up more.
“It’s just normal childhood behavior,” said parenting coach Toni Schutta. “If I can’t get your attention in a positive way, I’m going seek it in a negative way.”
Schutta says parents spend, on average, 11 hours a day using electronic devices. All that time takes away from face to face communication, which helps kids learn behavior.
“Kids in preschool and kindergarten are no longer as able to read social cues from other human beings,” Schutta said. “That’s in part because of their own media use and it’s in part because of their parents’ media use, they’re just not getting that training.”
Too much time on technology can also leave an emotional impact on your child, if you’re missing life moments for email.
“We get such a limited amount of time with our kids in the day, we need meaningful conversations,” Schutta said.1
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i hold spend more time with your kids
11 hours a day online plus 8 hours work plus 8 hours sleep equals 27 hours in a day?? Maybe there’s a little exaggeration here?
Only 11 hours? I thought most people today spend most of their waking hours doing so! Yesh tikva!!
Guns don’t kill people. Women driving while talking on a cell phone, do!
#2 it says 11 hours of electronic devices. That includes work for most people