Media parenting in dealing with children aged 9 to 12

One of the fundamental issues in today's world, despite numerous changes, is the importance of media consumption for all segments of society, especially children. In the issue of media consumption style of late children, the way parents raise and interact with them can be pivotal. In this study, parents of a group of children aged 9 to 12 were interviewed to describe various aspects of their own media consumption and their interactions with their children regarding media consumption.

Data collection was done through focused interviews and semi-structured interviews, and then the data was analyzed through the content analysis method.

In this study, it was clarified that the parents' own attitude towards the media and of course the nature of the parenting issue itself, affects on the interactions of parents and their children about media consumption.

On the other hand, the attitudes and guidance of parents who are aware of media productions are more popular with this age group (children). The findings also showed that among all the specific parenting styles, the authoritative parenting style is more successful in guiding children regarding media consumption. By this parenting style. The parents while preventing their children from confusion in media and cultural consumption, they also indirectly play a more effective role in gaining children's support and acceptance in more general decision-making beyond media and cultural consumption.