Parental Views on Digital Device Use of Primary School Students

Abstract

This research aims to examine parents' views on their primary school-aged children's use of digital devices. The study was designed in a descriptive phenomenology pattern. Thus, the data in the research were collected through semi-structured interviews, which is one of the qualitative research methods. As a result of the analysis, three main categories were created: “Parental Views on Digital Device Use, Parental Mediation in Digital Device Use, and Parental Awareness of Digital Device Use”. The results drew attention to the fact that parents control the time their children spend with digital devices, as well as the need for time limitation and supervision in the digital media. Additionally, the results revealed that the parents allow their children to visit websites that they believe are safe to spend time on digital devices for learning purposes. The findings of this study are anticipated to alert parents of primary school-aged children to the importance of giving their children quality time on digital media while keeping them safe.