A Descriptive Study to Assess the Parental Control Practices to Manage the Smartphone Dependency Among the Young Children in A Selected Community of Delhi

Author(s)	Ms. Babita Devi, Ms. Jahanara Rahman, Ms. Shilpi Sarkar
Country	India
Abstract	The use of smartphones, especially among young children (3-6 years old), is increasing for entertainment and educational purposes, making them more vulnerable to behavioural changes, reduced physical activity, impaired social skills, which lead to developmental concerns. This underscores the need for good parenting and supervision to balance digital exposure with healthy developmental activities.
Keywords	Young children, mobile phone addiction, smartphone dependency, problematic mobile phone use, parental control practices, screen addiction, digital dependency, factors for mobile phone dependency.
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-03-25
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.72535

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