What Is Digital Parenting? A Systematic Review of Past Measurement and Blueprint for the Future

Modecki, Kathryn L.; Goldberg, Rachel; Wiśniewski, Pamela; Orben, Amy

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“…Contemporary parent-adolescent relationships now transcend online spaces, with digital environments providing parents with new tools to monitor their adolescents (Modecki et al, 2022). One third of parents in a representative U.S. sample report using digital software to track their children's (aged 5-11 years) location (Auxier et al, 2020).…”

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Digital location tracking: A preliminary investigation of parents’ use of digital technology to monitor their adolescent’s location.

Burnell¹,

Andrade²,

Kwiatek³

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Journal of Family Psychology

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The emergence of digital technologies has changed the dynamic of parent-adolescent relationships. Parents can now use digital technologies to monitor their adolescent's physical location. Yet, to date, no known research has examined the extent to which digital location tracking occurs in parent-adolescent dyads, and how tracking links to adolescent adjustment. The current research examined digital location tracking in a large sample of adolescents (N = 729; M age = 15.03). Overall, about half of parents and adolescents reported digital location tracking. Girls and younger adolescents were more likely to be tracked, and tracking was associated with greater externalizing problems and alcohol consumption; however, these associations were not robust across multiple informants and sensitivity analyses. Positive linkages with externalizing problems and cannabis use were in part contingent on age and positive parenting, with associations emerging for older adolescents and adolescents who report lower positive parenting. Older adolescents are increasingly striving for independence and autonomy, and adolescents who perceive lower positive parenting may view digital tracking as controlling and intrusive. However, results were not robust after statistical correction. This brief report is intended to serve as a preliminary investigation into digital location tracking, and future research is needed to determine the directionality of associations. Possible consequences of parental digital tracking require careful consideration by researchers in order to provide guidance on the best practices for engaging in digital monitoring while nurturing and respecting the parent-adolescent relationship.

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Digital location tracking: A preliminary investigation of parents’ use of digital technology to monitor their adolescent’s location.

Burnell¹,

Andrade²,

Kwiatek³

et al. 2023

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…Likewise, children are still allowed to use digital media every day with restrictions or rules that have been mutually agreed upon between parents and children. In a broader sense, positive themes that are currently being discussed include the identification and responsible use of digital technology, as well as parents beings acting as positive role models (Baharun & Finori, 2019;Modecki et al, 2022). Effective parenting necessitates a relationship between the ears of adults and the ears of children.…”

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“…Referring to data from KPAI (Indonesian Child Protection Commission) that the number of cases of child complaints related to pornography and online crimes (victims and perpetrators) reached 1,940 in 2017-2019 (Ambaryanti, 2013;Widianto et al, 2019). According to experts, the influence of digital parenting is very important because from day to day the awareness of parents in digital parenting is increasing in line with people who already understand globalization which we cannot avoid (Baharun & Finori, 2019;Modecki et al, 2022;Yusuf et al, 2020).…”

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“…The purpose of this paper is to analyse the digital era of parenting and how it affects children's behaviour. Concerns about parenting are not new, but the rapid diffusion of digital technology has increased anxiety over digital parenting (Modecki et al, 2022;Wahyuningrum et al, 2020).This study is based on the argument that children's behaviour in this digital era is very different from the behaviour of children before digital as it is today. However, educating today's children is so that children are ready to be smart in the future.…”

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The effect of parenting in the digital era on the behaviour of elementary school students

Nur’Aini

Minsih

2022

j. ilm. sekol. Dasar

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Departing from the negative impacts caused by digital media, the term digital parenting emerged as an effort to minimize its negative impacts. The reason for carrying out this research is because of the many facts that many have not implemented digital parenting. The purpose of this study is to analyses whether there is an effect of digital parenting on behaviour. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative with a simple linear regression data analysis technique. The participant of this involving parents totaling (n=75) and being respondents. The data collection method is using Google form questionnaire which was distributed through the WhatsApp group as an intermediary for the homeroom teacher. The technique for data analysis that is used is regression line analysis. There are three results from this study: first, the influence of digital parenting on behaviour, digital parenting variable has a contribution effect on student behaviour variables. Second, most of the digital parenting patterns have been implemented, starting from supervision, restrictions, giving responses, and positive evaluations of parents on digital devices. Third, Student behaviour shows positive impact after digital parenting is implemented. So it can be concluded that it turns out that digital parenting influences student behaviour.

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“…Aside from common restrictive mediation strategies (i.e., limiting screen time), parents are encouraged to (1) dedicate time for joint usage of screens with their children, (2) actively search for stimulating educational contents online, (3) make sure that healthy, non-screen-related activities, such as outdoor sports, sleep, and social relationships are not overridden by screens, and (4) adopt an instructive screen mediation strategy that maintains an open and continued discourse with the child regarding her/his screen habits (Modecki et al, 2022;Valkenburg et al, 1999). Such strategies may help parents better understand the psychological needs of their children, especially during times of crisis, when screen use may compensate over broken routines, uncertainties, and isolations.…”

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Mothers’ Perceptions of Children’s Screen Use During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Israel

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The contemporary parenting challenge of regulating children’s screen time became even more difficult during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The current research addresses the characteristics of this challenge and explores mothers’ perceptions regarding their children’s screen use, through two consecutive studies. Study 1 included 299 mothers of elementary school children, who were asked to complete questionnaires regarding their children’s screen habits. Mothers were also asked about their own attitudes towards screens, as parents, and about their personal feelings of frustration and guilt. Study 2 replicated this procedure among a new sample of 283 mothers who also completed validated scales assessing their sense of parental competence and authority style. Retrospective reports of mothers indicated that, during the lockdown, entertainment use of screens increased by 73% among 4 th –6 th graders and by 108% among 1 st –3 rd graders. Educational use increased by 86% in both age groups. Mothers’ guilt increased as well and was predicted by children’s entertainment use (but not educational use), after accounting for demographic variables and mothers’ attitudes. Other factors, such as parenting style and having at-least one child with a diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), were associated with entertainment use (regardless of the COVID-19 lockdown). Factors that were found to moderate the lockdown effect were mothers’ attitudes towards screens and parental confidence. The findings are discussed in the context of parents’ efforts to regulate their children’s screen use.

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What Is Digital Parenting? A Systematic Review of Past Measurement and Blueprint for the Future

Cited by 46 publications

References 90 publications

Digital location tracking: A preliminary investigation of parents’ use of digital technology to monitor their adolescent’s location.

Digital location tracking: A preliminary investigation of parents’ use of digital technology to monitor their adolescent’s location.

The effect of parenting in the digital era on the behaviour of elementary school students

Mothers’ Perceptions of Children’s Screen Use During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Israel

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