Infant Attention Span Suffers When Parents Get Distracted During Play

"Children may grow up with shorter attention spans if their parents get distracted by smartphones and other technology during playtime, say psychologists.

Research in the journal Current Biology shows there is a direct correlation between how long a parent, or caregiver, looks at an object being played with by a young child and how long the infant remains focused on the same object. Glancing at your phone during playtime could mean your child getting distracted too, the researchers say."