New Study Says Parents' Phone Use Might Be Giving Kids Attachment Issues Later On
A study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests a correlation between parents' frequent phone use and insecure attachment styles in adolescents. Researchers used the Device Attachment Interference Scale to measure how teens perceive their parents' attentional availability.
If you’re a parent, you’ve felt it: at the very least a fleeting, guilt-inducing moment in which your kid is getting jealous of your phone. Well, a study published last month says that guilt was there for a reason; kids who feel like their parents are phone addicts may experience a lack of attachment that lingers into adolescence, according to these findings.
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