Hi It is amazing that earlier generations of children survived with daddy at work from morning to night and mommy slaving away in the kitchen and rest of the house to keep the home fires burning! Is it not probably the case that children today generally have far more contact with their parents than was historically true? Also, the study showed a difference in parent-child talk between device on and device off conditions ... did it say anything about proportion of time parents naturally spend in on and off conditions? And besides, kids will be getting back as soon as they are old enough for their own electronic devices.
The research community cannot seem to make up its mind about whether contemporary parents are neglecting their kids (this study) or are too intrusive in their kid's lives (helicopter parents studies). Best wishes Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> 10-Jun-10 6:07:34 AM >>> An interesting article in the NY Times on the patterns of interaction between parents and children when parents are spending more and more time attending to their communication devices (i.e., cell phones, computers, etc.) then to their children. The article starts with an example of a parent and a child at an elevator where the mother is paying attention to her Blackberry while the child tries to get her to attend to him. After failing to get her attention, the child bites her on the leg. Good stuff! See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/garden/10childtech.html?th&emc=th Does this mean a new category of child negligence will be created, that is, "electronic child neglect"? -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=3007 or send a blank email to leave-3007-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3009 or send a blank email to leave-3009-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
