The following is excerpted from an online article posted by StudyFinds
A national survey of 2,000 millennial and Gen Z parents found that 42% feel disconnected from their kids because of technology. On an average day, children in these households spend about four hours in front of a screen, and parents say the effects are showing up in ways that go beyond wasted time.
Parents in the survey described a pattern of behavioral changes they attribute to heavy screen use. Forty-two percent said their children are easily distracted. The same percentage reported less physical activity. Thirty-four percent described irritability, 30% noticed sleep problems, and 30% said their kids disengage from the people around them.
What this survey can’t determine is the direction of the relationship. Four hours of daily screen time might cause distractibility and irritability. Or kids who are already prone to those behaviors may simply gravitate toward screens more often. That distinction requires controlled clinical research, not a consumer poll. But when 42% of a national sample of young parents independently describe feeling cut off from their children because of technology, the pattern is hard to ignore regardless of which way the causal arrow points.
Source: StudyFinds
https://studyfinds.com/american-kids-4-hours-daily-on-screens-parents-frustrated/