Children given digital devices then they are having tantrums do not learn to regulate emotions, study finds

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.

In recent years, it has become more common to give children digital devices to control their responses to emotions, especially if they are negative.

But researchers suggest that if people knew digital devices were not appropriate for dealing with tantrums, the mental health and well-being of children would benefit.

Dr Veronika Konok, the study’s first author and a researcher at Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary, said: “Tantrums cannot be cured by digital devices.

“Children have to learn how to manage their negative emotions for themselves.

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