Digital Parenting: Raising and Protecting Children in Media World

Abstract

Digital media have quickly changed ways in which parents and children communicate, enjoy themselves, acquire information, and solve problems daily (both in ordinary and exceptional circumstances such as COVID-19 home confinement). Very young children are regular users of smartphones and tablet, so their early digital engagement poses new challenges to parent-child relationships and parental role. First, the chapter introduces the "digital parenting" construct, moving through the literature from "traditional" parenting styles to more recent studies on "parental mediation," that is, the different behaviors parents adopt to regulate children's engagement with the Internet and digital media. Second, the chapter reviews empirical researches on different parental mediation practices (active or restrictive behaviors) and how they are adjusted according to the child's characteristics (age, digital competences, etc.) or parent's media competence and beliefs. Finally, from a bidirectional perspective of parent-child relationships, the chapter discusses the role of youths' social involvement, communication, self-disclosure, and digital skills on parent's beliefs and practices. Implications for parent education and prevention of risks for early and excessive exposure to digital technologies are discussed.

Parental Behaviors and Involvement in Children’s Digital Activities among Israeli Jewish and Arab Families during the COVID-19 Lockdown

“…During the Covid-19 lockdown, the social distance and isolation and a less structured environment for young children resulted in an increase in their engagement in digital activities (Hartshorne et al, 2020;Masonbrink & Hurley, 2020) Digital devices became central in children's play and entertainment (Wiederhold, 2020). Managing young children's digital activities became one of the challenges parents faced (Benedetto & Ingrassia, 2020).…”

Медіапрактики І Здоров'я Дітей: Сучасні Виклики Діагностики

“…Додатково дослідники вивчають рівень обізнаності щодо інтернет-ризиків (кібербулінг , секстинг (Ojeda, 2020) та ін.) як серед дітей (Livingstone, & Haddon, 2009;Craig et al, 2020;Boursier et al, 2020), так і серед батьків (Page Jeffery, 2020;Benedetto, & Ingrassia, 2020). Значна увага приділяється вивченню характеру посередницької участі батьків у взаємодії дітей з медіа: як за допомогою технічних засобів (Chen, 2020), так і шляхом добору відповідних комунікативних стратегій (Samaha, & Haw, 2017).…”

Ebeveynlerin Pandemi Sürecinde Dijital Ebeveynliğe Yönelik Deneyimleri

“…Dolayısıyla ebeveynler güvenli teknoloji kullanımı ile ilgili pek çok endişeler taşımakta ve teknolojik araçlarla çocuklarının ilişkilerini destekleme ve olası risklerden onları koruma konusunda çaba harcamaktadırlar (Sukk ve Siibak, 2021). Aynı zamanda ebeveynler çocuk yetiştirmedeki rolleri ve tutumları ve tüm bunların çocuklarının teknoloji kullanımını düzenlemedeki etkisi ile ilgili zorluk ve fırsatlarla karşı karşıya bulunmakta ve bunlarla doğru bir şekilde başa çıkmak için bilgi arayışı içine girmektedirler (Benedetto ve Ingrassia, 2021). Bu çaba ve arayış alan yazında dijital ebeveynlik olarak adlandırılmaktadır (Livingstone ve Blum-Ross, 2018;Modecki, Goldberg, Wisniewski ve Orben, 2022).…”