Document Type
Article
Author ORCID Identifier
Rizu Paudel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3840-9015
Prakriti Dumaru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-5810
Ankit Shrestha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9012-6146
Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5764-2253
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Human-Computer Interaction
Volume
15770
Publisher
Springer, Cham
Publication Date
6-4-2025
Journal Article Version
Accepted Manuscript
First Page
1
Last Page
20
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Abstract
There have been substantial changes in the landscape of technology use by children in Global South during COVID-19, when the shift to online learning platforms necessitated parents to avail personal devices (e.g., smartphones, computers) for their children to fulfill their educational needs. However, the use of devices by children are not limited to serving educational purpose only. Our study positions itself in a critical post-pandemic period in Nepal, characterized by the increase in device use by children, while a little study to date, investigated parental mediation in this developing country. To this end, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 parents, who reported having at least one child aged below 14. Our findings unveil the situated parental strategies and challenges in regulating children’s device usage in Nepal, more broadly, in Global South. Based on our findings, we provide recommendations on the design of inclusive parental control tools.
Recommended Citation
Paudel, R., Dumaru, P., Shrestha, A., Al-Ameen, M.N. (2025). A First Look Into Parental Strategies, and Challenges Around Children’s Device Usage in Urban Nepal. In: Kurosu, M., Hashizume, A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. HCII 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15770. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93864-1_19
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Human-Computer Interaction. Paudel, R., Dumaru, P., Shrestha, A., Al-Ameen, M.N. (2025). A First Look Into Parental Strategies, and Challenges Around Children’s Device Usage in Urban Nepal. In: Kurosu, M., Hashizume, A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. HCII 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15770. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93864-1_19.
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