The Role of Parents’ Watching of Videos through Smart ‎Phone Applications in the Support of Parenting Education

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the role of parents’ watching of videos through smart phone applications in supporting parenting education, directed to early-stage children. The study used the descriptive approach, in which the researcher applied a questionnaire to (300)  parents in Gaza Strip.The most important results were: (97.7%) of respondents use smart phones; (99.6%) of parents using smartphones use social networking applications; (98.3%) watch videos that support  parenting; (65%) watch from three to more than six videos per week. Mothers are more watching than fathers. The  applications used are: Facebook (93%), WhatsApp (47%), YouTube (39%). (77.4%) of parents believe that videos provided through these applications are an important source of information on child education. (97%) of parents benefit from it in educating their children.Watching these videos supports parenting education at a high level in all aspects of parenting, as well as in each aspect individually: Cognitive, emotional and behavioral. There are no statistically significant differences between the rating means of parents according to variables of: Sex, age, and educational qualification. There are statistically significant differences according to the variable of the need for knowledge about child rearing