PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Deutscherová, Beáta
TI  - The use of digital technologies by preschool children influenced by their families
DP  - 2023 Jul 14
TA  - e-Pedagogium
PG  - 23--35
VI  - 22
IP  - 4
AID - 10.5507/epd.2022.019
IS  - 12137758
AB  - The work deals with the use of digital technologies by preschool children influenced by their immediate families. In the study, we examine intentional and unintentional behavior of immediate family that causes the usage of digital technologies by their children, which at the same time leads to digital overconsumption and provokes several effects on them. The study aims to discover the reasons behind preschool children's digital overuse. This research also monitors the educational techniques parents apply to digital technologies inside the core family, specifically their children. The basis of the study is qualitative research carried out using the technique of semi-structured interviews with one of the family members - the mother. The research depicts three main categories: time spent on digital technologies by preschool children, reasons underlying the use and limit of digital technologies by preschool children, and family digital education.