Behavioral sleep problems play an important role in children's long-term adjustment. The presence of predictable, positive family routines improves children's long-term outlook for psychosocial and academic adjustment, especially in at-risk family environments.

By overcoming logistical barriers to attending in-person parenting programs, technology-based parenting interventions offer significant potential for bringing evidence-based parenting supports to a broad range of parents. Researchers used smart speaker technology to create a tool for parents, called Talk Parenting, that provided families with engaging, motivating support for use at home to build healthy family routines.