Parents are drowning in school apps
Parents are increasingly overwhelmed by the high volume of digital tools and apps required to manage their children's school activities. The lack of integration between these platforms and the constant stream of notifications are causing significant stress for families.
Why it matters
This reflects the broader societal issue of 'digital fatigue' and the unintended consequences of integrating technology into K-12 education.
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI Elly Dominicis doesn't consider herself a tiger parent — but the technological jungle of modern-day parenting might turn her into one. She's inundated by the battery of apps and tools required to handle her sons' schooling and activities. There's ClassDojo for communication and behavior management, a school portal for the gradebook, homework, and lunch payments, and "good ol' email," Dominicis says. Then there are the WhatsApp groups: the official ones for each class, the unofficial spinoffs for the soccer team and mom chat , and the spinoff of the spinoff without the one mom nobody likes. "It takes up a lot of brain space," Dominicis, a 40-year-old mother of a kindergartener and second grader in Miami, says. Technology has given parents a remarkable amount of visibility into their kids' daily lives.
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