ABSTRACT

Recent studies point to the heavy rate of smartphone use by parents while they are accompanied by their children in public places This, in turn, leads to parental technoference, which raises concerns regarding children’s safety and their emotional wellbeing. Accordingly, the present study aims to ascertain the cross-cultural manifestations of parental technoference due to mobile phone use in playgrounds and eateries in two different national contexts: the US and Israel. Parents with children aged 2 to 6 years old were selected for observations. In the US we conducted 27 observations in playgrounds and 30 observations in eateries. In Israel, we conducted 20 observations in playgrounds and 38 observations in eateries. Our data suggest that during phone use, parents ignore children’s interactional initiatives and convey lack of attention and care to the point of sometimes being inattentive to their safety and emotional needs. Children, on their part, expressed frustration and disappointment, which are manifested at times in different forms of inappropriate or risky behavior, or withdrawal from any attempt to communicate with their parents.

摘要

最近的研究表明，父母在孩子陪同下在公共场所使用智能手机的比例很高，这反过来又导致了父母的技术干预，这引起了对儿童安全和情绪健康的担忧。因此，本研究旨在确定由于在两个不同国家背景下（美国和以色列）的操场和餐馆使用手机而导致的父母技术交流的跨文化表现。选择有 2 至 6 岁儿童的父母进行观察。在美国，我们在操场进行了 27 次观察，在餐馆进行了 30 次观察。在以色列，我们在操场进行了 20 次观察，在餐馆进行了 38 次观察。我们的数据表明，在使用电话期间，父母会忽视孩子的互动主动性，并表现出缺乏关注和关怀，以至于有时不注意他们的安全和情感需求。孩子们则表达了沮丧和失望，