The American Academy of Pediatrics has released its first guidelines since 1999 to discourage any screen time for kids under the age of two. Pediatrician Ari Brown, the lead author of the AAP guidelines, said, “When the TV is on, the parent is talking less. There is some scientific evidence that shows that the less
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released its first guidelines since 1999 to discourage any screen time for kids under the age of two. Pediatrician Ari Brown, the lead author of the AAP guidelines, said, “When the TV is on, the parent is talking less. There is some scientific evidence that shows that the less talk-time a child has, the poorer their language development is.” The recently passed guidelines are for media that is watched passively on any kind of screen on devices such as phones, computers, televisions and others.
Yahoo! News, 10/18/2011
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