On Dec 17, 2014, at 7:29 AM, Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: > A study has been published in the journal "Academic Pediatrics" > that examined whether mothers' use of mobile devices (i.e., > cell phones, tablets, etc.) affected their interactions with their > children at about 6 years of age
I haven't read the paper, yet; but it occurred to me that the purpose of the study was to determine whether mothers (although I would have included both parents) who spend time doing something other than interacting with their 6-year-old children may spend less time interacting with their children. If so, I started a small list of other research questions we might want to answer. Fill in the blank: Does _____ affect parents' interactions with their children? watching television vacuuming (and myriad other household chores) enrolling in a course taking a nap sending a child off to first grade having them take the bus to school Fell free to add others. Perhaps we could perform the relevant studies and publish our results and conclusions in a book. On second thought, it probably would need to be a multi-volume series of books. Best, Jeff -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=40955 or send a blank email to leave-40955-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
