Smartphone-oriented parenting reinforces tendencies and gamifies rearing
Implications - Instead of forcing parents to put down their smartphones to better assist in childrearing, programmers and architects are acknowledging the obsessive nature of young connected parents with apps that are parenting-centric. Relying on GPS apps to locate lost children and educational ones to get them used to technology early, the solutions mark an even further reliance on tech for precise, optimized results as opposed to traditional methods.
Trend Themes
1. Gamified Parenting Apps - Parenting apps are leveraging the addictive properties of gaming to encourage parent-child bonding and engagement.
2. Incentivized Task-management Apps - Task-management apps are being gamified to make household chores fun and incentivize engagement.
3. Simplification of Parenting Technology - Parenting apps are prioritizing intuitive design and one-touch interfaces to create stress-free parenting.
Industry Implications
1. Mobile App Development - Mobile app developers can create gamified and intuitive apps that cater to addictive behavior and incentivize engagement.
2. Finance Technology - Finance technology firms can create peer-to-peer money transfer apps that cater to youth financial literacy along with parental supervision and control.
3. Household Chore Management - Task management startups can create incentive-based task-sharing apps to make household chores fun and incentivize engagement.
