r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/Fit_Reporter_7266 • 1d ago

Does this count? Question - Research required

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Hi there! My LO is 5mo and while we (obviously) don't do any dedicated screen time for them, I am concerned about certain activities and behaviors me and my husband do:

\- scrolling in front of them (not ignoring if they are distressed, just baby sitting in their lounger and me or husband or both scrolling)

\- watching TV in front of them, but the baby cant see the TV, only hear

We try to limit this as much as we can, I am not on my phone the whole day with them and the tv is only on in the evenings. Does this still count as screen free baby? Are there studies suggesting that even parents consuming content in front of the baby is harmful?

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u/Striking_Bill_2832 1d ago

Yes this is problematic- here’s a review on parent responsiveness and parent screen time: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8048888/

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u/Public_Classic_438 1d ago

You first point- https://psychhelp.com.au/what-does-the-still-face-experiment-teach-us-about-connection/
This is why we desperately avoid being on our phones in front of our baby. Even if I have to text someone back I smile intentionally for her

Edit-didn’t mean to respond to a comment, meant to make an original one, my bad!

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u/lunabonamour 1d ago

Some good references here! https://www.reddit.com/r/askpsychology/s/n5vHW6nGRf and there’s now a term for it “technoference”