The Evolution of Engagements and Social Bonds During Child-Parent Co-design
summary
The study documents 14 families across nine sessions over ten months and finds parents’ engagement patterns shift much more slowly than children’s — children move from observation to design partners within a few sessions while parents often remain passive supporters until after sustained interaction. Separating adults and kids yields candid parent discussions; using low‑tech prototypes and layered elaboration on transparencies enables joint design once social bonds strengthen; reaching reliable parent co‑partnering consistently takes months, not single workshops.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 2:37Modern families and co-design
- 6:12Study methodology and process
- 8:59Early co-design dynamics
- 10:02Evolving parent-child interactions
- 11:27Strengthening social bonds
- 12:50Collaborative design partnerships
- 14:15Implications and recommendations
- 15:57Conclusion and future work
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