22 Jan, 2015
Computer time is modern parents’ bribe and threat
BBC News | Sean Coughlan | Education correspondent | 22 January 2015
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.
This latest report from Childwise, the 21st annual survey, shows children’s lives suffused with technology, using tablet computers, laptops, videogames and smartphones.
