It may be tempting to hand an iPad or Smartphone to a tantrum-throwing child -- and maybe more so for some parents. A study shows that devices were more likely to be used as a coping strategy to pacify children with difficult behavior. However, there were no differences between children with social-emotional difficulties and other children when it came to mobile technology use during other scenarios, such as eating, being in public, doing chores or at bedtime.

Source: Are parents of 'difficult' children more likely to use iPads to calm kids down?