DWELL: D2.2 – Focus Group Findings: Parents’ Perspectives on Digital Well-Being

This report presents the findings of 26 focus groups involving 203 parents across six European countries.
It explores how families perceive the impact of digital technologies on children’s emotional, behavioural, mental, social, physical and cognitive well-being.
Parents recognised benefits from purposeful digital use but raised concerns about excessive screen time, social media pressure, sleep disruption, attention difficulties and online risks.
The findings also reveal an important gap between children’s technical fluency and their ability to use technology responsibly and critically.
The report calls for practical parent support, stronger digital competences and closer cooperation between families, schools and policymakers