Child, Family & Development / Digital Parenting
SUB-T02-023Parent–Child Trust Online
Definition
Parent–Child Trust Online 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 parent–child trust online can create developmental, relational, educational, health or safety consequences that persist.
Research questions
Which parenting behaviours increase children's willingness to disclose online problems before harm escalates?
Hypotheses
Non-punitive first responses and bounded monitoring will predict earlier disclosure and stronger trust.
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 Parent–Child Trust Online; 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; parent–child trust online specialists; lived-experience family advisory panel; independent child-rights reviewer