Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2019. Vol. 8, no. 4, 79–87
doi:10.17759/jmfp.2019080408
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)
Parents’ attitude to use of digital technology by young children
Abstract
General Information
Keywords: parents, early childhood, preschoolers, parent-child relationships, parental mediation, mobile devices, digital technologies, touch screen, recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology and Age-Related Psychology
Article type: review article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2019080408
For citation: Smirnova E.O., Smirnova S.Y., Sheina E.G. Parents’ attitude to use of digital technology by young children [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2019. Vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 79–87. DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2019080408. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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