PARENTS’ SMARTPHONE

ADDICTION MEANS KIDS

ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE
BEHAVIORAL ISSUES
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 issue
Parents who are
addicted to
smartphones means
their kids are more
likely to have behavioral
issues
Goal of the analysis > To determine how the parents
who are addicted to smart phones
make their children have behavioral
issues.
> How Social Construction of
Technology is connected to the
article “Parents’ smartphone
addiction means kids are more
likely to have behavioral
issues”.
Problem
Children of parents that
spend too much time on
their smartphones are more
likely to have behavioral
problems later on
Example of
the problem
Parents who spend too much of time
to their smartphone are sabotaging
their relationship with their kids. It can
also lead to behavioral issues to their
children. A study has revealed that
even low or seemingly normal amount
of technology related interruption were
associated with greater child
behavioral problems like over-
sensitivity, hot temper, hyperactivity
and whining. 
 How Social Construction of
Technology is connected to the article
“Parents’ smartphone addiction
means kids are more likely to have
behavioral issues”.

the possibility that parents use technology to cope with the

stress of dealing with their children. In qualitative interviews, many
stay-at-home mothers reported using digital technology as a way to
‘escape’ the boredom or frustrations of childrearing, or to regulate
their own emotions.
KEY FACT

Technoference refers
to the interruptions in
interpersonal
communication caused
by attention paid to
personal technological
 ALTERNATIVE

GIVING IMPORTANCE OF
FAMILY VALUE
 Recommendation:

Giving
importance of
family value
includes; parents
listening and
spending time
with their
children
Related Literature
Over the six months of the
study almost half the
families reported such
“technoference” happening
at least three times a day,
24 per cent said it occurred
twice a day and 17 per cent
at least once. Only 11 per
cent claimed to have no
such interruptions.
Source: Hymas, C. (2018, July 5). The Telegraph.
Retrieved September 26, 2019, from Parents'
excessive use of mobile phones is driving
behavioural problems among children, study
finds:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/05/d
uty-care-mothers-excessive-use-mobile-phones-
Related Literature

The researchers found poor

behaviour in the children was
more closely linked to their
mothers’ phone usage rather
than the fathers’. This could be
explained by the fact the
children spent more time with
their mothers who had fewer
work commitments. Source: Hymas, C.
(2018, July 5). The Telegraph. Retrieved September
26, 2019, from Parents' excessive use of mobile
phones is driving behavioural problems among
children, study finds:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/05/duty-
care-mothers-excessive-use-mobile-phones-driving-
behavioural/
Related Literature

Research also found parents who

allow mobile phones to interrupt
time spent teaching their child a
task saw a 20 per cent reduction in
attentiveness. Source: Hymas, C.
(2018, July 5). The Telegraph.
Retrieved September 26, 2019,
from Parents' excessive use of
mobile phones is driving
behavioural problems among
children, study finds:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/05/d
uty-care-mothers-excessive-use-mobile-phones-
driving-behavioural/