Household Technology Agreements

Definition

Household Technology Agreements is the systematic study and design of conditions, interventions and safeguards affecting children or families within digital parenting.

Why this matters

Children have evolving capabilities and limited power over many systems affecting them. Errors in household technology agreements can create developmental, relational, educational, health or safety consequences that persist.

Research questions

What makes a household technology agreement usable, legitimate and adaptable over time?

Hypotheses

Agreements with reciprocal obligations for adults and children will achieve higher trust and durability.

Proposed methods

family diary studies, household technology audits, parent–child co-design, randomised or stepped-wedge trials, conflict-event sampling and follow-up interviews; adapted specifically to Household Technology Agreements; child-appropriate participatory methods; caregiver and practitioner input; age-stratified analysis; validated developmental measures; service-pathway testing; safeguarding review; delayed or longitudinal follow-up; implementation-fidelity assessment

Stakeholders and beneficiaries

parents; children; carers; family therapists; schools; parenting organisations; technology providers; community services; household technology agreements specialists; lived-experience family advisory panel; independent child-rights reviewer