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Gizem Keskin, Postdoctoral Researcher, Determinants of Child Development Lab (DCDL) at the Department of Psychology, University of Calgary

How ‘technoference’ can disrupt parent-child connections

Have you ever been telling someone a story when their phone lights up, and their eyes flicker toward their device?

Maybe they check the notification or they send a quick reply. Although the interruption only lasts a few seconds, the conversation, and your connection, has been disrupted.

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