How we studied changes in parental views of kids’ tech use amid COVID-19

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April 27, 2022

How parents’ views of their kids’ screen time, social media use changed during COVID-19

How we studied changes in parental views of kids’ tech use amid COVID-19

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How we studied changes in parental views of kids’ tech use amid COVID-19

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How parents’ views of their kids’ screen time, social media use changed during COVID-19
Share of parents who say their young child used digital devices, many social media sites – including TikTok – up in 2021 versus 2020
Over first year of pandemic, growing shares of parents of young tech users said their child was spending too much time on video games, smartphones
As COVID-19 went on, some parents shifted their view of child’s screen time from ‘about right’ to ‘too much’
Some parents’ approaches to managing kids’ screen time changed over the first year of the coronavirus pandemic

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