Apps/ Recordings

Children of the 2020s has implemented the use of a smartphone application called

BabySteps. During data collection, the participants are asked to record videos with

the app for later interviewer observation. Alternatively, the participants can record

the activity without the use of the application. Children of the 2020s will collect a

video recording of the parents reading an interviewer-provided picture book to the

child as well as the child interacting with an everyday toy.

Alternatively, Wirral Child Health and Development Study and ALPSAC have

implemented the use of head cameras to record activities and allow for later

interviewer observations through new pilot studies. During their most recent wave,

Wirral Child Health and Development Study requests both the teenager and their

parent to wear a provided head camera while taking part in a card game as well as

while sharing a snack or drink and discussing their upcoming plans for the week.

ALSPAC conducted a similar pilot study which included the providing of a head

camera to specifically fathers and requesting them to record interactions while

feeding their baby or playing at home.

Interviewer Observations