This study investigates digital parenting divides, or how parents' strategies for regulating their children’s online activities differ based on their available resources and digital parenting readiness (i.e., digital parenting self-efficacy, attitudes, and knowledge). We conducted a survey of 530 parents that reflected the composition of the U.S. population to explore how parents’ resources and digital parenting readiness predict their digital mediation strategies. The results indicate that parents’ economic, social, and cultural resources, as well as their digital parenting readiness, play a significant role in how they approach digital mediation. Furthermore, digital parenting readiness has emerged as an underlying mechanism explaining the relationship between parental resources and parental mediation strategies. The presence of digital parenting divides highlights the need for tailored interventions to support parents in effectively using digital mediation strategies based on their family’s circumstances.

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数字育儿鸿沟：父母资本和数字育儿准备度在父母数字中介中的作用

本研究调查了数字育儿鸿沟，或者父母监管孩子在线活动的策略如何根据其可用资源和数字育儿准备程度（即数字育儿自我效能、态度和知识）而有所不同。我们对 530 名家长进行了一项调查，反映了美国人口的构成，以探讨家长的资源和数字育儿准备度如何预测他们的数字中介策略。结果表明，父母的经济、社会和文化资源以及他们的数字育儿准备程度在他们如何使用数字中介方面发挥着重要作用。此外，数字育儿准备度已成为解释父母资源与父母调解策略之间关系的基本机制。