Is Your Phone Use Fueling Your Child’s Emotional Outbursts? What New Research Tells Us
By Rob Krupicka, MSW It is common for parents I work with to worry about how much time their children spend on screens. I get it, I worry about this as well. But a growing body of research suggests the more important question for all of us may be: How much time am I (the parent) spending on screens, especially around my children? A 2025 study by Selak and colleagues offers a distressing picture of what happens when children see their parents distracted by smartphones. The researchers found...
