From: ScienceDaily
Small talk: Electronic media keeping kids from communicating with parents
June 2, 2016
ScienceDaily:
It happens in many households. Kids are tapping on their cell phones or are preoccupied by their favorite TV show as their parents ask them a question or want them to do a chore.
It’s not just teens caught up in electronic media, but also preschoolers. In fact, there is little mother-child dialogue or conversation while children ages 3 to 5 are using media, such as TV, video games and mobile devices, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Unlike previous research that has relied on self-reports by parents tracking their children’s media usage, the U-M study used enhanced audio equipment to track the home environment of preschoolers as they interacted with parents in 2010 and 2011.
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