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The Pew Research Center has long studied the nature of converting parenting and the dynamics of the circle of relatives and adopting virtual technologies. This report focuses on how young people interact with virtual technologies, screens and social media, as well as parents’ attitudes about virtual behaviors, their considerations about their children’s use of technology, and their own assessment of their parenting, and reports with virtual technologies. These effects are based on a March 2-15 survey of 3,640 U.S. parents. Who have at least one child or young people 17 years of age or younger. This includes those who participated as members of the American Trends Panel (ATP) of the Pew Research Center, an online survey panel that is recruited through national and random sampling of residential addresses, as well as ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents. The sampling margin for the entire pattern is about 2.2 percentage points.
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Parents who have young children make it clear that they are involved in the effects of screen time. At least 71% of the parents of a child under the age of 12 say they are at least a little worried that their child spends too much time in front of the screens, adding 31% who are very concerned about that.1 And some parents with a child in this age organization already think their child is spending too much time on certain devices , adding a smartphone. (It is vital to note that this survey was conducted before the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, which closed many schools and led to widespread closures and home maintenance orders across the country.)
Although most parents with a young child say they are very (39%) or self-insurance (4% or 5%) to find the right screen time for your child, they also look for the recommendation of others. Approximately 61% of the parents of a child 11 years of age or older say they have gained recommendations or data about the time they spend in front of a doctor or other fitness professional screen and five and five percent say the same to other parents, while four and five percent of parents of a five- to 11-year-old boy turned to teachers for help.
These considerations arise at a time when it is not unusual for young people of all ages to interact, one way or another, with virtual devices2. For example, 80% of parents say their child aged five to 11 uses or interacts with a tablet, while 63% say the same about smartphones. For parents of children under the age of five, these proportions are also remarkable: 4.8% and 5.5% respectively. At the same time, about one-third of the parents of a child 11 years of age or older (36%) they say your child uses or interacts with a voice-activated assistant, such as Apple’s Siri or Amazon Alexa. But the age differences are significant: parents who have an older child, aged five to 11 (4.6%), are more likely than parents with a child aged 3 to 4 (30%) or 2 years or less (1.4%). ) to say that your child uses or interacts with this type of technology.
Several terms used in this report are similar to parents, the age of young people and the adoption practices of generations through young people. This reference consultant explains the term.
Father is used to refer to an adult who claims to be the parent of at least one child under the age of 18, but who may also have an adult child or children.
Parents of a child 11 years of age or older are used to refer to parents who report having a child 11 years of age or younger. In cases where families have more than one child in this age organization, the questions parents are asked about one of these children, their eldest or younger child in this age organization (based on a random distribution).
Parents of a child age four and older is used to refer to parents whose randomly assigned child is under five years of age (0 to four years old).
That of a child between five and 11 years is used to refer to whose randomly assigned child is between five and 11 years of age.
Young boy is used to describe young people under the age of 12.
Commitment and interaction with the virtual generation in youth is measured by asking parents about the devices their child “uses or interacts with.”
But verbal exchange over screen time is not limited to children. Parents themselves are suffering with their own distractions. When asked if they spend too much time, too little or not enough on their phone, more than a portion of the parents in general (56%) says he spends too much time on his smartphones, while about seven out of ten (68%) they make them less distracted with their phones when they spend time with their children.
These effects come from a nationally representative survey of 3,640 U.S. parents. They have at least one child under the age of 18, but who may also have adult children, performed online march 2-15, 2020, the American Panel of the Pew Research Center and The KnowledgePanel of Ipsos. Here are some of the other major discoveries.
When asked if parenting is more complicated, less complicated or roughly the same than 20 years ago, a higher proportion of parents (66%), adding up to those who have at least one child under the age of 18, says it is more complicated for today’s maximum parents. Meanwhile, only 7% think it’s less complicated, while 26% think fatherhood is roughly the same as it was two decades ago.
In all demographic groups, parents are more likely to say that parenting is more complicated than less complicated than in the past, although there are slight age differences. Approximately seven out of ten parents over the age of 50 (71%) they say parenting is more complicated compared to 66% of parents over the age of 30 to 49 and 60% of those over the age of 18 to 29.
Parents cite other reasons why they think parenting has become more complicated over the years. Some of the maximum non-unusual responses tend to highlight the effect on virtual generation (26%), increased social media (21%) and how access to generation exposes young people to things at an early age (14%). ). Other reasons cited for adapting more difficult to parenthood come with a replacement in morality and values and prices related to raising a child.
Because many young people have mobile devices, one of the questions parents and experts ask is when it’s appropriate for young people to have their own smartphone or tablet.
Ages 12 to 14 seem to be a vital step for parents in terms of smartphones. This survey shows that the majority of parents (73%) it is appropriate for young people to have their own phone only after they are at least 12 years old. About 45% say having a smartphone is appropriate between the ages of 12 and 14 and 28% say it’s appropriate between the ages of 15 and 17. Only 22% think it is appropriate for a child under the age of 12 to have one.
When asked which is the right age for a child to take their own pill, parents are more receptive to young people taking one at a younger age. Up to 65% of parents say it is compatible for children to take their own pill before the age of 12.
Parents who have at least one underage child and may also have young adults have questioned whether they believe that using smartphones through young people would help or harm their ability to do a variety of things, such as making healthy friendships or succeeding in school. Array parents are involved in the effect that smartphones can also have on young people’s interpersonal skills. 71% of parents say that the use of smartphones by young people aged 11 and over will greatly or less increase their ability to acquire effective social skills, while a similar proportion say the same about building healthy friendships. More than one part of the parents believe that these devices will affect young people’s ability to perform well in school, while parents are more slightly divided on the effect of smartphones on young people’s ability to be artistic or engage in their hobbies and interests.
A transparent majority of parents who have a child 11 years of age or older say the child is watching videos on YouTube. Among parents who say their child watches videos this way, 53% say they do it daily, and 35% say their child watches those videos on the platform several times a day.
But those numbers vary significantly by race and ethnicity. Black parents (50%) Hispanics (40%) who have a child in this age organization who watches YouTube are more likely to say that their child does it several times a day, to white parents (29%).
In addition to parents’ fears about time in front of the screen, there are other tech-related fears that fear them. Most parents say they are at least involved in their child being attacked by online predators, accessing sexually particular content, accessing violent content online, or is never harassed or harassed online.
At the same time, more than half of parents of a child 11 or younger say they are at least somewhat concerned about their child ever being the target of online predators (63%), accessing sexually explicit content (60%) and accessing violent content online (59%). Somewhat similar shares (56%) report they are very or somewhat concerned that their child might ever be bullied or harassed online.
In addition to tracking the time their children spend in front of the screen and using virtual devices, parents also know how their own phones have distracted them.
More than one part (56%) Parents who report having at least one younger child, but who may also have an adult child or children, say they spend too much time on their smartphone, while smaller proportions say they spend too much time on social media. media (36%) or betting video games (11%).
Most parents also report that their phone can prevent them from severing quality time with their children. Approximately seven out of ten parents (68%) they say they are at least distracted by their smartphone, and 17% say this happens often.
Parents’ tests on their use of generation vary by age. For example, parents over 18 to 49 are more likely than those over 50 to say they spend too much time on their smartphone (59% vs. 36%). Similarly, parents under the age of 50 are more likely than those age 50 or older to say that they or infrequently feel distracted through their smartphone when they spend time with their children (70% vs. 55%).
There are also differences depending on the point of education: parents with a school degree or more (59%) or those who have some college fun (60%) are more likely than those with a higher school degree or less (47%) say they also spend a lot of time on their smartphones. When it comes to feeling distracted through their cellular device, 75% of college-degree parents say they are less distracted over the phone when they spend time with their children, compared to 68% with college fun and 61% of those with a high school degree or less.
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