How ‘technoference’ can disrupt parent-child connections

By Gizem Keskin, Postdoctoral Researcher, Determinants of Child Development Lab (DCDL) at the Department of Psychology, University of Calgary
Penny Pexman, Professor of Psychology, Western University
Sheri Madigan, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary

A study finds that in the moments when parents checked their phones or smart watches they were almost six times more likely to miss their children’s signals.

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