Most parents fear that they will lose the “precious time” while fighting with children about digital addiction “: new study

Children cannot “say no” to the maximum of wifi.

The bewilderment of being online (either through an iPad, mobile or computer) is like a narcotic for alpha genes.

Parents are now afraid that their online perennial offspring will become digital drug addicts due to the prevalence of modern technology, by a new nightmare report.

“Parents spend about 96 hours fighting with their children during screen time each year,” Angelq researchers wrote, an Internet browser that respects children, in the May 2025 study, estimating that families face more than 500 rows related to technology, more than a day, annually.

“The two -thirds (67%) of the parents fear that they will lose precious moments with their children due to screen addiction,” alerted the analysts.

Farmer, findings revealed that 41% of mothers and fathers fear that they “lose their childhood childhood against technology completely.”

It is a new panic that puts parents of all ages.

Researchers surveyed 2,000 adults, from 20 years old to Z -gene to the Baby Boomers, 61, with children in kindergarten to the fifth grade (usually children between the ages of 5 and 12).

Throughout the generations, 61% of parents confessed “worrying” that too many screen time replaces the important elements of child development, such as building strong social skills and empathy.

Participants reported the consequences for excessive screen time, including irritability (27%), mood changes (24%) and complete discomfort (22%).

The decrease in care extends with offline activities, such as homework (19%), high levels of anxiety (14%) and sleeping problems (14%), were also high in their technology -induced problems.

However, about six out of ten (60%) parents allow their children to surf the Internet without supervision, according to the data.

Without proper guidance, young people may fall on virtual predators, inadequate content, cyber -bullying, influence on social networks and mental health damage.

“Currently technology is aligned against families instead of being allied with them,” said Tim Estnes, CEO and co -founder of Angelq, in a statement. “Our children are losing years of their childhood, the beautiful time they will never do again, to exploiting products that add them.”

“Technology should educate and empower, not distract and divide families,” he added. “This begins by giving parents easier tools to manage screen time without daily struggle.”

But parents cannot be pushed.

The poll found that 65% of mothers and fathers give their children crying when they refuse to put a digital device.

An impressive 28% of the parents of the Z gene, more than any other demographics, said they gave “often”.

“These conflicts are likely to occur at the dinner (64%), disturbing a significant time of family bonding,” said the privileged ones.

However, even when the mother and father insist, 39% of the roarings access the phones, tablets and laptops on their backs, showed the study.

Crafty Crumb-Snatchers will also secretly change the passwords or controls of their devices, create new user accounts on social platforms and use Siri or voice orders to open applications.

“These findings highlight the delicate act of balance that parents have, eager to protect children while preparing children for a digital world,” he said. “We acknowledge that the time on the screen is not inherently bad, but today most of the options.”

“We want to reimagate how children use technology to create healthy habits,” he continued, adding that the Internet and digital devices should be tools for “improving childhood, without removing it.”