Children's digital play as collective family resilience in the face of the pandemic.
In this article we explore how digital play as conducted through various social media and online meeting platforms facilitated resiliency and confidence building in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using day-in-the-life methodology and narrative inquiry, we disseminate and examine observations...
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ftpubmed:38603379 2024-05-12T08:07:18+00:00 Children's digital play as collective family resilience in the face of the pandemic. Burke, Anne Kumpulainen, Kristiina Smith, Caighlan 2023 Mar https://doi.org/10.1177/14687984221124179 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38603379 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9978233/ eng eng https://doi.org/10.1177/14687984221124179 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38603379 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9978233/ © The Author(s) 2023. J Early Child Lit ISSN:1741-2919 Volume:23 Issue:1 Agency childhood cultures children's use of social media platforms children’s perspectives co-construction family involvement home and community identity narrative, play Journal Article 2023 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1177/14687984221124179 2024-04-13T16:02:00Z In this article we explore how digital play as conducted through various social media and online meeting platforms facilitated resiliency and confidence building in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using day-in-the-life methodology and narrative inquiry, we disseminate and examine observations collected on children aged 2-10 during lockdown in a Newfoundland neighbourhood. Children utilized platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, and Zoom to embrace their agentic digital play in ways that repurposed the platforms to fulfil life milestones and social needs otherwise impacted and disrupted by pandemic restrictions. Through a series of vignettes and interviews, our research not only examines how such digital play benefits children and their healthy development, but how parents reacted to and assisted with their children's agentic digital platform manipulation and how this provided positive benefits and enriching experiences to the entire family. We additionally explore the conflicts and tensions both children and parents encountered in securely implementing free play via digital platforms, including fears of excess screen-time, digital dependency, and online threats, all of which risk limiting children's ability to independently explore their creativity and identities through digital play if not handled sensitively. Despite the hurdles to implementing digital play, this study exposes why it is essential for families to navigate this online terrain; this study ultimately poses that digital play and online platforms not only were beneficial to maintaining and building family resilience during the pandemic but will be vital assets in sustaining resiliency and positive mindsets moving forward with pandemic recovery. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland PubMed Central (PMC) Journal of Early Childhood Literacy 23 1 8 34 |
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In this article we explore how digital play as conducted through various social media and online meeting platforms facilitated resiliency and confidence building in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using day-in-the-life methodology and narrative inquiry, we disseminate and examine observations collected on children aged 2-10 during lockdown in a Newfoundland neighbourhood. Children utilized platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, and Zoom to embrace their agentic digital play in ways that repurposed the platforms to fulfil life milestones and social needs otherwise impacted and disrupted by pandemic restrictions. Through a series of vignettes and interviews, our research not only examines how such digital play benefits children and their healthy development, but how parents reacted to and assisted with their children's agentic digital platform manipulation and how this provided positive benefits and enriching experiences to the entire family. We additionally explore the conflicts and tensions both children and parents encountered in securely implementing free play via digital platforms, including fears of excess screen-time, digital dependency, and online threats, all of which risk limiting children's ability to independently explore their creativity and identities through digital play if not handled sensitively. Despite the hurdles to implementing digital play, this study exposes why it is essential for families to navigate this online terrain; this study ultimately poses that digital play and online platforms not only were beneficial to maintaining and building family resilience during the pandemic but will be vital assets in sustaining resiliency and positive mindsets moving forward with pandemic recovery. |
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Children's digital play as collective family resilience in the face of the pandemic. |
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