Qualitative study reveals practical digital communication maintains family resilience in single-parent households, highlighting everyday coordination as an adaptive mechanism.
Key Points
To examine digital communication patterns between single parents and Generation Z children and identify their contribution to family resilience.
In-depth qualitative interview study examining four single-parent families as informants.
Interview data were analyzed using a holistic interactive approach with anonymized participant profiles to protect confidentiality.
Parent–child digital interactions via phone calls and messaging primarily focus on practical coordination, daily monitoring, academic logistics, and concise expressions of support.
Emotionally expressive exchanges concerning personal or psychological issues occur infrequently due to selective disclosure by both parents and children.
Consistent, routine digital communication fosters relationship stability, teenage independence, and overall family resilience despite low emotional communication intensity.