When parents are too busy to spend time with their kids, they give them a smartphone or a tablet. All kinds of online games will entertain their kids and be their good friend. And once the children are addicted¹ to these games, they will leave their parents alone. In this case, the smartphone or tablet is used as a virtual nanny, thus called smartphone nanny.

 

当父母忙碌而无暇陪伴孩子时，他们就将智能手机或平板电脑交给孩子玩。手机和平板里的各类游戏会让孩子找到乐趣，并且成为孩子的好朋友。一旦孩子对这些游戏上了瘾，就不会再去烦他们的父母了。这种情况下，父母塞到孩子手中的智能手机或平板电脑其实就是一个虚拟的保姆，该现象也由此被称之为“手机保姆”。

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