This paper explores the impacts of adolescents' screen time, learning outcomes and
parental performance in relation to different mediation strategies. These issues are
addressed through the analysis of a representative survey carried out with 1000 families
in Hungary in 2017. Within this research, 12–16-year-old teenagers and their parents
were asked about their experiences and perceptions of mediation. Four main parental
strategies can be identified: balancing mediation, restriction, permission and ad
hoc mediation. The significance of parental performance in the analyses indicates
that parental mediation forms part of the contemporary parenting skillset and correlates
with perceptions of children's screen time and subjective quality of parenting.
