Almost half of Chinese parents play with their mobile phones while talking with their children. According to a new study.

    The study of 4170 primary and middle school students in six cities has been done by China Youth and Children Research Centre.

    It finds that 8percent of parents often play with their mobile phones when talking with their children and 40 percent sometimes answer their phone calls when communicating with them. More than 40 percent of Children say their parents do not pay enough attention to them while they are talking, according to the study.

    The top five topics in parent—student communication are study. What happened in school, interests and hobbies, friends, and the child's future?

    Sun Hongyan, from the China Youth and Children Research Center, says communication between parents and children has changed a lot. Now the use of IPads or mobile phones has become the main reason for parent—child fights.

    Children often get on the internet to talk to others when they do not have enough communication with their parents. Sun says. She advises that parents should talk to children in sincere manner, listen to them, respect them and keep eye contact while talking.