ShodhPatra: International Journal of Science and Humanities

Role of Smart Phones in Developing Social Qualities in A Child: Perception of Parents

Developing social qualities in a child is the basis of citizenship training for a future citizen. Due to availability of information in finger tips in a while the digital devices like smart phone, laptop, tablet etc. at present have become one of the dominant sources of information and entertainment at present. In this study the researchers emphasise upon the perception of parents on role of smartphones in social development of a child. The researchers have adopted descriptive survey method for the study. A sample of 100 parents was selected purposively for the study. The required data was collected by using a questionnaire as tool for the study. This study reveals that due to the overuse and dependency on the smart phones the children of today are not getting enough scope to develop their social qualities effectively and most of the children are developing a tendency to withdraw themselves from the social life and becoming more screen addicted leading to mental and physical health issues as opined by most of the respondents. Key words: Smart phone, social qualities, perception