What Role for Children’s Self-Regulation in the Challenges Surrounding their Digital Activity?

This is an edited recording from the PEDAL Conference of 11 June 2026.

David Whitebread Memorial Lecture: What Role for Children’s Self-Regulation in the Challenges Surrounding their Digital Activity?

Presented by Professor Steven Howard at the PEDAL Conference 2026.

Steven Howard is a Senior Academic Research Leader in Child Development and Education with the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

The above recording is a slightly edited version of the presentation made by Prof Steven Howard at the PEDAL Conference 2026.

If you would like to learn more about Steven’s work, please consult the following publications.

Human Behaviour and Emerging Technologies

Parental Technology Use in a Child’s Presence and Health and Development in the Early Years

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