Parents are stressed out just like kids because they are often absorbed and distracted by their constantly pinging mobile phones, a University of Michigan Medicine study has found.
Busy working parents find there are many conveniences to their mobile devices — but that the daily digital notifications from their screens also cause anxiety, according to the research.
The study’s results come as many school districts are pushing to ban students from accessing their distracting cell phones during the school day.
Parents received an average of almost 300 mobile notifications daily between 2020-2021, the study found.
Those…
