Smartphones in Child Upbringing During Early Childhood: Hazards and Possibilities from Mothers’ Perspective
- Year of publication: 2017
- Source: Show
- Pages: 118-128
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/kie.2017.02.08
- PDF: kie/116/kie11608.pdf
The article presents the results of research that pertained to the manner of smartphone use in child upbringing during early childhood. The qualitative research was participated in by: a mother of a two-year-old girl and a mother of a threeyear-old boy. On the basis of the tests I concluded that this device is mainly used by mothers:-to occupy the attention of the child, to allow the mother to perform other activities,-to calm the child down at times of anxiety,-as a reward. The interviews have shown that for the respondents the educational function of smartphone are not significant, although they see them.