Anya Kamenetz
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253 appearances
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first heard Feb 2018
last heard Feb 2018
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We're really just at the beginning of research on parental distraction.
And, you know, whether or not the ubiquity of these incredibly compulsive and compelling devices is actually leading to less contact time and less talking and less interaction is
And less emotional responsiveness between parents and babies.
I mean, I've spotted many, you know, moms and dads and caregivers on their phones and the kids are in the strollers.
And it's not to say that you need to have, you know, 24-7 eye lock onto your kid.
That's not realistic and it's not helpful or healthy.
But the point is...
Is it stealing your focus when you don't mean it to be?
You know, is it taking you away from your kid and being as responsive to those little cues that are the beginnings of language development and emotional development?
And I think it's something that, you know, we're going to be hearing more about in years to come.
Well, if you know what's helpful for me is something that my friend Dana Boyd, who's a social media expert, suggested.
And that is when you pick up your phone around your kids, simply can narrate what it is that you're going to do.
So if you say,
Hey, let's check the weather.
Or I'm wondering if dad has come home from work.
I'm going to send him a text.
And making that transparent, I think, is a really wonderful way to hold yourself accountable and to help the kids understand what it is that you're doing in the same time.
You're not going to pick up your phone and say, oh, I want to see what Rihanna is up to on Instagram.
Right.
That's not what you're going to say, even if that's what you were going to do.
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