Parenting Children in the Age of Screens
Smartphones and social media introduce new challenges for parents.
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Source: Pew Research
Published: July 2020
n = 3,640 U.S. Parents
Parenting Children in the Age of Screens
Parenting has never been easy. But the widespread adoption of smartphones and the rise of social media has introduced a new wrinkle to the challenges of parenthood.
When U.S. parents with a child age 5 to 11 were asked about their child’s digital use:
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