Computer time is modern parents’ bribe and threat, BBC

Parents are using access to computers as a way of controlling their children’s behaviour, according to a study of modern childhood.

The Childwise survey, which has been tracking family life in the UK since the 1990s, shows a surge in the number of tablet computers used by children.

But it suggests that parents use time on tablet computers as a way of rewarding or punishing their children.

The study shows young people spend more time online than watching television.  Full article

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