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Parents Should Stop Using Smartphones at the Dinner Table: Study
Are you a tech buff who is unable to keep off your phone even at the dinner table? In that case, your kids may not be happy with you at all, say researchers.
A study which delves into the dynamics of technology and families reveals that the children of those parents who sporadically text even while driving or those who indulge in over-sharing on social media are not too impressed with their parents' habits.
The researchers noted that there have been similar hurdles in the past, as families grew accustomed to new technologies such as radio, television and video games in the household.
However, the rapid evolution of technology in the past decades, along with the advent of the Internet has created a wide gap between relationships, especially between parents and their children.
"This challenge is exacerbated by the fact that parents themselves may be struggling to set and abide by the rules they set for themselves for technology use," the authors indicated.
The study states that as technology has become pervasive in children's lives, establishing and enforcing rules has become increasingly challenging for parents.
The principal concern, among both children and parents, was paying attention to those around you instead of technology.
For the study, researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Washington conducted a survey with 249 US child-parent pairs, exploring rules both for children (aged 10-17) and parents along with enforcement challenges.
The findings showed that 92 percent of children feel that their parents need to show more interest while talking to them.
The children desire that their parents should not post anything online about them, without their prior permission.
The parents need to trust their kids to set their own boundaries.
The kids do not want to see their parents spending all their time on the computer, tablet or smartphone rather they want the parents to establish technology-related rules.
They hate using phone while driving and most importantly want the parents to practice what they preach, the researchers pointed out.iPhone 7 Leaked Chassis Tips New Antenna Design, Larger Camera
The tech news industry has lately been buzzing around the launch of 4-inch iPhone or iPhone SEhandset. However, this does not put the flagship iPhone 7 out of the picture. This time, images purported to be of the smartphone's chassis have popped up online showing the redesigned antenna lines, new larger camera setup, and more.
The images coming via French website Nowhere Else show that the rear panel is now completely plain, without any horizontal antenna lines. However, the antenna bands are still visible at the bottom running along the edges.
As for the camera, the size of the rear camera hole as spotted is significantly larger than the current iPhone models. This also indicates that there might be an upgrade lineup up for the iPhone 7's camera, details of which are not known for now. The rear camera hole is also closer to the edge of the handset. This confirms the handset will feature a single camera unlike its larger iPhone 7 Pro variant, which isrumoured to feature a dual camera tech.
Since the bottom side is not clearly visible in the leaked images, nothing can be said about the lack or inclusion of the 3.5mm headphone jack. The report states that the chassis is slightly thinner as well as compared to current models.
Also published were images said to show the larger iPhone 7 model's dual rear camera component. However, the source of the report dates back to January and is likely showing the camera component of another smartphone.
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