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Parenting in the Age of Digital Technology
1. Parenting in the Age of Digital
Technology
Results from a National Survey
conducted by Center on Media and Human
Development School of Communication
Northwestern University
June 2013
Created by Erica Piper
4. New Media Technologies in the Home
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Smartphone Tablet Device Both
71%
42%
35%
Among parents of children ages 0–8,
percent who have new media devices in the household.
6. Mobile Technology Ownership,
by Income
Less
than
$25k
$25k-
$49k
$50k-
$99k
$100k+
Smartphone 61% 65% 75% 80%
Tablet device 19% 30% 47% 65%
E-Reader 13% 19% 28% 37%
Video iPod 11% 20% 29% 33%
Percent of parents of 0- to 8-year-olds with each item in the household
7. Parenting and New Media
Technologies
3%
26%
36%
33%
Strongly Agree
Somewhat Agree
Somewhat Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Among parents of 0–8 year-olds,
percent who agree/ disagree that
“smartphones and tablet devices make parenting easier.”
9. TV in the Bedroom
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Under 2 yrs old 2-5 yrs old 6-8 yrs old
21%
36% 40%
Percent of children with a TV in their bedroom, by age
10. All of the data presented in these slides is from:
Center on Media and Human Development. (2013, June) Parenting in the age of digital
technology: a national survey. Retrieved from
http://web5.soc.northwestern.edu/cmhd/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Parenting-
Report_FINAL.pdf