Half of young parents struggle to bond with kids due to screen time, study finds
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Half of America's young parents are struggling to bond with their kids, and the culprit is nearly inescapable: screen time.
Half of America's young parents are struggling to bond with their kids, and the culprit is nearly inescapable: screen time.
The poll of 2,000 U.S. millennial and Gen Z parents found 42% of them feel disconnected from their children due to technology, with kids spending an average of four hours in front of screens on a typical day.
As a result, parents said they notice their kids are easily distracted (42%), get less physical activity (42%), can be irritable (34%), have trouble sleeping (30%) and disengage with people around them (30%).
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Commissioned by Lowes and conducted by Talker Research, the study revealed over half of parents (54%) try to encourage less screen time for their kids by providing them with more hands-on activities and outlets, like playing with toys (68%), helping around the home (66%) and coloring (66%).
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