Children Screen Time Concern: With the advancement of technology, people all over the world have started spending more and more time on mobile, television, tab, laptop etc. Children are also being adversely affected by the use of these gadgets. A recently released survey report has made a shocking revelation. 89 percent Indian mothers are worried about children’s screen time. This is also because in today’s time, tech gadgets have become a necessity for children. They have started doing almost every work using gadgets. Children use gadgets more and more for games and studies.
For this report released by market research company TechArk, a survey was conducted among 600 working mothers who have at least one child studying in class 3rd to 10th. In this, women were asked about their concerns, challenges, interests and preferences in the digital ecosystem. The report said, mothers believe that increasing screen time affects children’s education and has a negative impact on their mental and social health.
Mothers are worried for these reasons
The report said that the biggest concerns of mothers are privacy (81 percent), inappropriate content (72 percent), teenage influencers (45 percent) and deep fakes (26 percent). He believes that in future, deep fakes and Gen AI will become a bigger concern for parents. Talking about devices, the biggest concern for the future is VR headsets, especially after the launch of Apple Vision Pro. However, mothers also admitted that the digital world is more useful and relevant for children today compared to five years ago.
Online shopping is increasing for children
According to the report, more than 60 percent of mothers spend 51-85 percent of the amount spent on buying things for their children on online shopping. At the same time, in the case of 20 percent digital savvy women, this figure is more than 85 percent. She does most of the shopping for her children on Amazon, orders food on Swiggy and entertainment packages on Disney Hotstar.
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