Study Suggests Children Given Digital Devices During Tantrums Are Less Able To Manage Negative Emotions Later

---

HealthDay (7/2) reported, "When your preschooler pitches a fit, handing them a smartphone or tablet is probably the fastest – and the worst – way to stop it, a new study suggests." In the study, "responses showed that when parents leaned on digital emotion regulation, [children] were less able to manage anger and frustration a year later. [Children] who were frequently given devices during cranky times had lower levels of effortful control during the followup." The results were published in Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

---

Back to Archive