kill your smartphone, not your childrens self esteem ;) Parenting Food for Thought Dr. Jenny Radesky, a Seattle pediatrician, decided to study parents’ smartphone usage when she noticed how parents were tuning out their children in her waiting room by staring at their smartphones. As part of the study, she both observed parents and children in fast food restaurants and also interviewed kids. What she observed, not surprisingly, was an increase in inappropriate behavior from children when their parents were tuned out. What she heard from children (ages 4-18) was that their parents phone use made them feel sad, mad, angry and lonely. They reported feeling like they didn’t matter and that their parents found them boring. Yikes! Social interactions with parents are the primary way that children learn social conventions, language, emotions and regulation. So, put down those phones!
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:55:43 +0000