{"id":9846,"date":"2018-09-05T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T20:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=9846"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:47","slug":"is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-a-way-to-deal-with-a-chaotic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/05\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-a-way-to-deal-with-a-chaotic-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your kid glued to his phone? It may be a way to deal with a chaotic world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9848\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9848\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9848\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-e1536180413526.png\" alt=\"child using a smart phone\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Kaitlyn Beukema\/Michigan News)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Parents might shake their heads at kids huddled in the corner of a restaurant booth, playing games on their tablets. But actually, the kids might be creating a comfortable space in a chaotic world they are not prepared to manage. A <a href=\"https:\/\/news.umich.edu\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world\/\">new U-M survey<\/a> suggests that the more often kids use media devices to modulate their environments, the more likely their parents view that use as problematic\u2014especially if parents\u2019 and children\u2019s media use differs. \u201cChildren for the most part do not get to choose where they eat, sleep, play or learn. These are some of the only tools they have to modify sensory input,\u201d said lead author <strong>Kristen Harrison<\/strong>, professor of communication studies.\u00a0The study outlines sensory curation theory, a new idea that suggests people use media devices to create a comfortable sensory space for themselves. Using this theory, the study found that children diagnosed with sensory processing disorders such as autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit\/hyperactivity disorder were more likely to be in conflict with their parents about their media use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents might shake their heads at kids huddled in the corner of a restaurant booth, playing games on their tablets. But actually, the kids might be creating a comfortable space in a chaotic world they are not prepared to manage. A new U-M survey suggests that the more often kids use media devices to modulate their environments, the\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/05\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-a-way-to-deal-with-a-chaotic-world\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[289,217,130],"class_list":["post-9846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-children","tag-culture","tag-research"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-e1536180413526.png",600,421,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-200x140.png",200,140,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-285x200.png",285,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-768x538.png",665,466,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-700x491.png",600,421,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-e1536180413526.png",600,421,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-e1536180413526.png",600,421,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-658x300.png",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-665x466.png",665,466,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/is-your-kid-glued-to-his-phone-it-may-be-key-way-to-deal-with-chaotic-world-e1536180413526.png",356,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Parents might shake their heads at kids huddled in the corner of a restaurant booth, playing games on their tablets. 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