Parenting app has positive impact on children's development
A new randomized controlled trial of EasyPeasy, conducted by Oxford's Department of Education and published by the Sutton Trust, suggests that the EasyPeasy app had moderate positive effects on children's concentration levels, determination, and ability to make their own decisions, as well as parents' sense of control.
 
EasyPeasy is a smartphone app for the parents and caregivers of children ages 2 - 6 that aims to improve school readiness by encouraging positive play and parent-child interaction. A total of 302 families with children ages 3 - 4 were recruited from eight children's centers in the London borough of Newham. The eight centers were randomly assigned to either the intervention group or comparison group. All families in the intervention centers were given access to the EasyPeasy app, and games were sent via the app once a week over the three-month duration of the intervention.
 
Families in the intervention group scored higher than those in the comparison group on two parent-reported outcomes: children's cognitive self-regulation (effect size = +0.35) and parents' sense of control (effect size = +0.26). Parents reported that they felt more able to get their child to behave well and respond to boundaries, as well as feeling more able to stay calm when facing difficulties.
However, because of the self-report measures used in the evaluation, the researchers note that caution must be exercised when interpreting the results from the study.
 
These findings build on similar results from an earlier evaluation of EasyPeasy, which showed some positive benefits for children's cognitive self-regulation and parents' sense of control.

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