Overview
- The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood will fund a single UK-wide study with a £100,000 grant to investigate technology’s interference in family relationships.
- Researchers are invited to work with families across Britain to identify when and why technoference occurs and to test practical ways to reduce it.
- Results are intended to shape resources and guidance for health visitors and early years educators who support parents.
- Executive director Christian Guy said there is a shortage of evidence on the triggers for device use during family time and on which interventions reliably help.
- The initiative follows the Princess of Wales’s recent essay on an “epidemic of disconnection,” with comments from Prince William and Prince Harry reinforcing public concern over children, phones and online risks.