Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to explore the practice of parenting in today’s media- and technology-saturated world. Parents must navigate a world of screens not only for themselves, but also for their children and families. Such complicated environments pose special considerations with rich research opportunities. How has media and technology influenced parenting stress (or success), especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic when many families were forced to stay at home for long periods of time? To what extent do parenting practices/mediation around media and technology influence youths’ development? How has following influencers sharing their parenting journeys on social media changed today’s parents? What do we know about the media’s depictions of parents and parenting in a modern world? Do technological interventions designed to improve child development outcomes fare any better than nothing at all? All of these questions and more are fruitful topics for this Special Issue.

We encourage authors to submit original research articles, case studies, reviews, theoretical and critical perspectives, and viewpoint articles on new media and parenting, including but not limited to:

• Parent blogs;
• Parental mediation;
• Parenting media practices;
• Sharenting;
• Media and digital platforms (or environments);

Articles that address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion across parenting and media contexts are of particular interest.

Dr. Sara Pereira
Dr. Sarah Pila
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• child development
• information and communication technology (ICT)
• media
• parenting
• youth