An overuse of mobile phones by parents disrupts family life, according to a survey of secondary pupils. 

 

一项面向中学生的调查显示，父母过度使用手机会打扰到家庭生活。

 

More than a third of 2,000 11 to 18-year-olds who responded to a poll said they had asked their parents to stop checking their devices. 

 

And 14% said their parents were online at meal times, although 95% of 3,000 parents, polled separately, denied it. 

 

The research was carried out by Digital Awareness¹ UK and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. 

 

82% felt meal times should be device-free 

 

22% said the use of mobiles stopped their families enjoying each other's company 

 

36% had asked their parents to put down their phones 

 

Of pupils who had asked their parents to put down their phones, 46% said their parents took no notice while 44% felt upset and ignored. 

 

Despite this, only a minority of parents (10%) believed their mobile use was a concern for their children - although almost half (43%) felt they spent too much of their own time online.

 

37% said they were online between three and five hours a day at weekends. 

 

5% said it could be up to 15 hours a day over a weekend.

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