Abstract
Background: Online learning by children is pressure for children as well as parents. The Covid-19 lockdown was ended up putting much stress on parents in India. The current study aimed to assess the parental experience and satisfaction on online learning for their children during Covid -19 pandemic lockdown.
 Methods: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted among 300 parents of children who attended online learning during the COVID -19 pandemic lockdown. The data was collected using the snowball sampling technique. The survey tool consists of a sociodemographic questionnaire, self-report scales on parent's satisfaction and experiences. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including mean, frequency, percentage, and inferential statistics such as the Chi-square test.
 Results: Out of 300 parents surveyed, 72% were mothers, 65.6% of children who attended online classes were from primary class, through zoom platform (52.2%) using an android mobile phone (71.1%) for a mean duration of 180±30 minutes. 80.4% of parents preferred the traditional learning method comparing to online classes for their children. More than half (52.2%) of parents reported that they were partially satisfied with children's online learning, whereas 26% were not satisfied. More than half of the parents (61.1%) experienced a great challenge and burden of online learning.
 Conclusion: Parents were worried that prolonged exposure to screen devices in online learning might affect child health's visual, physical, and psychological aspects.
Highlights
Online learning by children is pressure for children as well as parents
It was discussed that while digital learning would present the advantage of assisting the young children in appreciating and understanding various concepts and abstracts with the involvement of critical thinking and problem-solving activities, it may prove to be disadvantageous as exposing the young children to online learning might affect their social and emotional readiness to school [2]
This was a new experience for the parents, and there was a wide gap in the literature on this topic [6]
Summary
Online learning by children is pressure for children as well as parents. The Covid-19 lockdown was ended up putting much stress on parents in India. Parents took the role of secondary teachers by clarifying their doubts, recharging the internet for remote learning at home This was a new experience for the parents, and there was a wide gap in the literature on this topic [6]. [7] identified the various role of parents in elearning as organizing and managing children's schedules, monitoring, and motivating child's engagement, nurturing relationships, interacting, and instructing children as needed It was the first attempt Indian parents to assist children in virtual learning during the covid pandemic from March 2020. It was a new experience for them without prior guidance. The researchers are interested in studying the parents' experience and satisfaction with children's remote learning at the residence during the COVID-19 pandemic
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