ArticleBMC pediatrics2026
Connected parents, connected children: the relationship of smartphone, social media, and AI with parenting and children's tech consumption in Türkiye.
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this study is to investigate parental utilization of smartphones, engagement with social media, and adoption of artificial intelligence tools in child-rearing practices, alongside analyzing their children's technology consumption habits.
methodsThis descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the downtown area of an eastern Turkish city. Data collection utilized various forms, including a demographic findings form, the parents' smartphone attitudes form, parents' use of social media and knowledge of artificial intelligence form, parents' use of digital tools in childcare form, children's smartphone use form, and the Smartphone Addiction Scale.
resultsThe study revealed that smartphone usage led to insomnia at night, as well as neck and hand-wrist pain. Parents utilizing artificial intelligence applications such as Google Bard/Gemini and ChatGPT demonstrated a higher potential for addiction. Those who allowed their infants to watch content on their smartphones between the first and sixth months of life showed a greater potential for addiction, with such content often utilized to soothe the baby during feeding. It was determined that parents who did not pay attention to the use of smartphones in the presence of their children and parents of children who reacted violently when the phone was taken away had higher phone addiction scores.
conclusionsThe results suggest that parents who extensively utilize social media and artificial intelligence applications tend to integrate these tools into childcare practices.
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