Parental Phubbing — The Modern Threat to Children
Parental Phubbing — The Modern Threat to Children

Summary/Abstract: The development of digital technology has impacted and altered global lifestyles, including communication methods. Unfortunately, technology has also facilitated the emergence of new forms of bullying, such as phubbing. Phubbing is a type of online risk behaviour that involves social exclusion, emotional harassment, and neglect during electronic communication. Phubbing behaviour is extending to the family environment and replacing family communication, causing difficulties for children. Phubbing carried out by parents is called parental phubbing. In this paper, we theoretically define the issue of phubbing behaviour, especially parental phubbing, and point out its pitfalls and negative effects on parent-child relationships, which are becoming more and more pronounced.

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