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Editorial
. 2025 Jun 13:4:1627511.
doi: 10.3389/frcha.2025.1627511. eCollection 2025.

Editorial: Digital media use in early childhood-contextual factors, developmental outcomes, and pathways

Margarete Bolten  1   2 , Eva Unternaehrer  3
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Editorial: Digital media use in early childhood-contextual factors, developmental outcomes, and pathways

Margarete Bolten et al. Front Child Adolesc Psychiatry. .
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Keywords: digital media; early childhood; infants; parenting (MeSH); screen time (ST); technoference.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Overview of research findings on early childhood screen use: developmental outcomes and contextual factors.
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