Majority of children and parents feel they can converse more comfortably and build stronger bonds when they spend moments together without a phone, a study commissioned by smartphone company Vivo said.

The vivo Switch Off Study 2025, which covered 1,517 smartphone owners comprising 1,017 parents and 500 children across the top eight cities, found that children primarily use their devices for entertainment, self-expression and personal downtime, and they tend to put their phones aside when they feel seen and heard.

Parents, however, often slip into habitual micro-checking triggered by work notifications or routine behaviour, which sends signals of emotional unavailability, the study said.

The study found that 72 per cent of children spend most time with their parents during phone-free mo

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