Young children who have early exposure to television are more likely to develop an increased risk of behavioural and learning problems, according to a recent study.
The research, led by Dr Dimitri Christakis, paediatrician and director of the Seattle Children's Research Institute's Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, has found that too much time spent viewing rapid screen images and sounds can make real-time activities seem boring, causing attention problems when children enter the classroom.
"Parents are surprisingly poorly informed about this and in our studies we're working hard to educate them. Parents need to know TV and other media have real and powerful effects on their kids," Christakis said.
He compared the ages of children's exposure to television and discovered that the average age for a child in the 1970s was four years old. Today, it is four months.
"Parents are surprisingly poorly informed about this and in our studies we're working hard to educate them. Parents need to know TV and other media have real and powerful effects on their kids," Christakis said.
He compared the ages of children's exposure to television and discovered that the average age for a child in the 1970s was four years old. Today, it is four months.
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