"No TV for Children Under 2, Doctors’ Group Urges" - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/health/19babies.html?_r=1
I found this article hard to believe... not of its findings, but the fact that it needs to have been written at all. I can understand the need for some peace and quiet and using the tube as your babysitter--and I don't think every once in a while (like, once a year!) is detrimental--but come on people.
The studies have been thrown at the public for years. No TV for kids. I'm no scientist, but TV is probably one of the main reasons for the rise in ADHD among kids. I'd like to pin the rise in nut allergies to TV as well, but not sure I can.
And yes, I understand kids' desire for flashy moving pictures that are edited like MTV videos (back when MTV broadcast videos). Heck, my kid loves going to Target. Not for the cheap diapers or rows of candy. She wants to stroll past the wall of TVs. And once we get a big screen, we'll say goodbye to that section of Target!
What do other parents think? What do you do?
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