This study aims to investigate the relation between fathers' parenting involvement and children’s
excessive immersion in smartphone in infancy. Accordingly, survey research was conducted using
father’s parenting involvement scale and measuring children’s excessive immersion in smartphone scale
for 389 fathers with children in early childhood stage residing city-S in Gyeonggi-do. The study
results are as follow. First, types of father’s parenting involvement were found to be in the order of
social & emotional support, joint parenting, educational support, play & cultural support and
self-growth. Second, children’s smartphone use environment belonged to the user group in general
environment, and the symptom of excessive immersion in smartphone also belonged to general user
group. Third, as for the relation between fathers’ parenting involvement and children’s excessive
immersion in smartphone, both smartphone use environment and the symptom of excessive immersion
in smartphone showed a negative correlation. This study presented evidence that fathers' aggressive
parenting involvement is necessary by understanding the relation between fathers' with infant children
parenting involvement and children's excessive immersion in smartphone. And the results of this study
can be presented education or consulting for parents on preventing children's excessive commitment
in smartphone is significant.