How is Cellphones effects for your life

  

TOO MUCH SCREEN TIME CAN MAKE YOU NAG AND YELL MORE,

 Mums and dad who spend too much time on their smartphones are more likely to be bad parents , a study has claimed.

                 Those dealing with a stressful household often turned to social media to relax-but this in turn would only make them nag and yell more, researchers found.

                 They questioned 549 adults, who had at least two children age five to 19, on their use of digital media, mental health and parenting practices.

                 The study revealed that as parents increasingly used social media to retreat from spending time with their family, the worse their parenting became.

                 Such negative parenting behaviors such as 'nagging or yelling' - was also more likely to increase when 'technology interrupted family interactions' it found.

                                                                       VICIOUS CYCLE  

A  vicious cycle was created in which parents with higher levels of stress were more likely to turn to their devices to relax.

                 However, not all parents social media use was negative , with researchers finding it could lower anxiety and depression by maintaining friendships. it also resulted in positive parenting techniques such as listening to their children's ideas and speaking of the good their children do.

                 The university of waterloo, in Canada, told the journal computers in human behavior.' all members of the family matter when we try to understanding families in a society saturated with technology.

                 It's not just children who are often on devices. parents use digital media for many reasons, and these behaviors can impact their children. 

                 The study was carried out at the start of the pandemic. the family media landscape continues to grow and become more prominent.                   

                                                     NUANCES OF DIGITAL MEDIA

Going forward, it's important to consider the nuances of digital media as some behaviors is related to well-being, and others are related to distress. 

                  In 2018, a survey found that 46 percent of mums and dads were addicted to their smartphones. carried out by common sense media, it looked at screen time addiction among 13to17 -years in the UK and their parents. 

                   Half of both teens and parents admitted they got distracted by their mobiles at last once a day, with disputes over screen time the third most common cause of conflict between them.

                   Yet 86 percent of parents said their teenager's use of a mobile device had not harmed-or had even helped-their relationship, while 97 percent of the youngsters said the same of their parents mobile use.