D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
Infant Behav Dev. 2020 Nov;61:101497. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101497. Epub 2020 Oct 26.
Smartphones have become a ubiquitous part of life, and as a result, many children are engaging with smartphones beginning in infancy. Little is known regarding the thought processes used by parents in deciding when and how to allow their infants to engage with smartphones. Using a sample of twelve parents with infants younger than one year, this qualitative study examines parental smartphone use, their perspectives regarding use by their young children, and what sources informed their decision-making about allowing their infants to use a smartphone. Results found that the smartphone has become such a common part of everyday life that choices to use a smartphone around, and with, infants has become one that is nearly automatic. These research data showed that most parents are largely unaware of guidelines for childhood screen time provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization. Given our current knowledge that smartphone use can have a significant impact on the cognitive development of young children, this topic is an important area of future research.
智能手机已经成为生活中无处不在的一部分，因此，许多孩子从婴儿期就开始使用智能手机。目前，人们对于父母在决定何时以及如何允许婴儿使用智能手机时所使用的思维过程知之甚少。本研究采用了 12 名 1 岁以下婴儿的父母作为样本，通过对他们使用智能手机的情况、他们对幼儿使用智能手机的看法以及他们在允许婴儿使用智能手机方面的决策依据进行调查，对这一现象展开了深入的定性分析。结果发现，智能手机已经成为日常生活中不可或缺的一部分，因此选择在婴儿周围或与婴儿一起使用智能手机几乎成了一种无意识的行为。研究数据显示，大多数父母几乎没有意识到美国儿科学会和世界卫生组织为儿童屏幕时间制定的指导方针。鉴于我们目前所了解到的智能手机的使用可能会对幼儿的认知发展产生重大影响，因此，这是未来研究的一个重要领域。
