Are kids acting out because parents are addicted to smartphones? - Earth.com

Are kids acting out because parents are addicted to smartphones?

05-25-2017

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Today’s Video of the Day comes from a new study that suggests that kids may be acting out because parents are addicted to smartphones.

The study was performed by University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Illinois State University and was published in the journal Child Development. The research showed that even seemingly normal amounts of tech use by parents was associated with children’s behavioral problems.

By Rory Arnold, Earth.com

Source: Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Illinois State University

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