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4. Parents play a significant role as role models in influencing their children's media use. Their own media consumption habits directly impact the frequency of children's media use, as children often emulate their parents' behaviors. Furthermore, when parents engage with their smartphones during interactions with their children, it can negatively affect the parent-child relationship and the child's self-esteem, highlighting the importance of parental media use in shaping children's digital experiences.
5. Children may not agree with the rules set by their parents, and parents may perceive their children as addicted to new technologies, ultimately leading to a perceived lack of control when trying to regulate children's technology use (see Erickson, 2015; Nikken & de Haan, 2015).
6. Due to their small size and permanent presence, smartphones are particularly difficult to monitor. Therefore, parenting practices that worked for television may not work for mobile phones.
7. When parents used their phones, they were less attentive to their children (Kildare & Middlemiss, 2017; Kushlev & Dunn, 2019).
8. If parents are heavily engaged with their own smartphones, they may only have limited resources to manage their children's smartphone use. Children may question parental rules regarding the smartphone, because parents do not "practice what they preach". This leads to a lack of control.
9. Ever since electronic media devices became part of family life, children's media use has been a subject of parental and academic concern. The concerns revolve around undesired effects of inappropriate content such as advertising, sex, violence, and harassment, or of screen time as such (Mesch, 2006; Van den Bulck & Van den Bergh, 2005).
10. Mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones have small screens for individual users and are often individually owned (Beyens & Beullens, 2017). As such, portable devices are more difficult for parents to monitor. Rephrase and summarize these paragraph provided to a simple terms

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Parents significantly impact their children's media use through their own habits, often serving as role models. When parents are distracted by their smartphones during family interactions, it can harm their relationship with their children and affect the children’s self-esteem. This dynamic can lead to conflicts when children feel restricted by their parents' rules about technology, especially since parents might perceive their kids as being overly dependent on devices.

Smartphones, being small and always accessible, are harder for parents to monitor compared to older media like television. Research shows that when parents are absorbed in their phones, they pay less attention to their children. If parents struggle with their own smartphone use, it can undermine their authority and make it difficult to enforce rules, as children may see their parents not following their own advice.

Since electronic devices became common, there has been growing concern among parents and researchers about the negative effects of inappropriate content, like violence and advertising, as well as excessive screen time. Mobile devices like tablets and smartphones, which are often personally owned and used by one person, make it even tougher for parents to keep track of their children's media usage.

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