Publication Date
Spring 2025
Presentation Length
Poster/Gallery presentation
College
Watkins College of Art
Department
Art, Department of
Student Level
Undergraduate
SPARK Category
Knowledge
Faculty Advisor
Emmanuel Saka
WELL Core Type
Intellectual Wellness
SPARK Session
The Gallery: Experiential Graphic Design Session
Presentation Type
Poster
Summary
Sprout is a child development app crafted to encourage parents to use safer digital resources with their children and engage with them without needing technology. As technology becomes the dominant form of entertainment for children, the negative influence on a child’s development will only increase. This is exacerbated by parents’ use of technology and a lack of understanding between parents and the influence of technology on child development. Excessive technology use from a young age can result in a decline of play and executive functions, adverse effects on children's language usage and cognitive abilities leading to a more difficult learning experience, and a lack of language development and reading abilities at a young age. It serves to target low-income caregivers who need more options for their children without a large financial or time commitment, caregivers trying to keep up with rapidly evolving technologies, and caregivers concerned about their child's thinking and imaginative processes.
Recommended Citation
Radesky JS, Eisenberg S, Kistin CJ, Gross J, Block G, Zuckerman B, Silverstein M. Overstimulated Consumers or Next-Generation Learners? Parent Tensions About Child Mobile Technology Use. Ann Fam Med. 2016 Nov;14(6):503-508. doi: 10.1370/afm.1976. PMID: 28376436; PMCID: PMC5389398. Radesky, Jenny S., et al. "Overstimulated Consumers or Next-Generation Learners? Parent Tensions About Child Mobile Technology Use." *Annals of Family Medicine*, vol. 14, no. 6, 2016, pp. 503-508. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1976.
