Kids Blame Mobiles For Poor Family Relations: Survey

Hyderabad: On average, parents spend over five hours daily on their smartphones, while children spend over four hours. Notably 73 per cent of parents and 69 per cent of children explicitly identify smartphone usage as a source of conflict between them, according to the findings of the sixth edition of vivo-CyberMedia Research (CMR) Switch Off research study. Titled ‘Impact of

The 6th edition of the study has uncovered concerning insights that highlight the urgent need for parents and children to reflect on their unmindful smartphone usage. As per the study, both parents and children yearn for closer relationship with each other but neither group is willing to curb their excessive and purposeless smartphone habits.

Smartphones on Parent-Child Relationships,’ the study underscores how excessive and unregulated smartphone usage is adversely affecting the bonds between children and their parents.