Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Parents’ Perspectives on Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Technology Interference During Early Childhood: Cross-sectional Online Survey
Originally published 2021-03-15 · Journal of Medical Internet Research
JMIR Publications Inc. · DOI 10.2196/19461 ↗
AI / system type
Hypothetical AI coaching/monitoring design
Direct parenting evidenceDirectly addresses parents or caregiving, including parent studies, syntheses and audits of parenting advice.
The AI connection
The survey explicitly asks about AI-based computer-assisted coaching to mitigate parent–child technoference.
Why this reading matters
Frames household AI as something parents should evaluate against the quality of caregiving attention.
Editorial reading guide · Trust
Would an AI reminder help me be more present with my young child?
Parents often recognized device interruptions and regarded a proposed AI coach as potentially useful. Acceptance was associated especially with perceived problematic technology use, providing evidence about demand rather than proof that monitoring improves relationships.
Study context
The analysis included 280 US primary caregivers recruited online in English or Spanish; about four-fifths were women.
Age / stage: Children aged five years or younger
Read with three questions
- What problem did parents think the proposed coach would solve?
- How did perceived problematic use relate to willingness to adopt it?
- What would a real trial need to measure beyond acceptance?
Keep the limits in view
The study assessed a hypothetical tool through self-report, not a working intervention. The online, predominantly female sample differed from the US population and may have been especially accepting of technological solutions.
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Jill Glassman; Kathryn Humphreys; Serena Yeung; Michelle Smith; Adam Jauregui; Arnold Milstein; Lee Sanders; Rita Kukafka; Sami Binyamin; Runting Zhong (2021). Parents’ Perspectives on Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Technology Interference During Early Childhood: Cross-sectional Online Survey Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/19461
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