Abstract
Parental overuse of portable technology, especially smart phones and tablets, poses a real danger to the welfare and development of children. In the past few years, research studies have documented this phenomenon whereby parents pay far more attention to hand-held electronic devices than to their children’s safety and developmental needs. The phenomenon is called distracted parenting. This article aims to identify the moral harm in distracted parenting. First, with the assistance of recent research, the phenomenon is defined. Then, an ethical analysis is undertaken from three perspectives: (i) utilitarian, (ii) pragmatist and (iii) care. Five recommendations for reforming distracted parents, each based upon one or more of the three ethical perspectives, conclude the analysis.
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