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Children given digital devices when they’re having tantrums don’t learn to regulate emotions, study finds

Handing a child a mobile phone or tablet when they throw a tantrum may be damaging their ability to manage their emotions, new research suggests.

According to the study, if parents regularly use digital devices to calm their children, that child could have issues with emotion regulation, which could lead to anger management problems in later life.

Children learn a lot about self-regulation – affective, mental, and behavioural responses to certain situations – during their first few years of life, and this is mainly done through their relationship with their parents, researchers say.

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https://www.independent.ie/life/family/parenting/children-given-digital-devices-when-theyre-having-tantrums-dont-learn-to-regulate-emotions-study-finds/a81432198.html

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