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| User: | mooie_ziel (5948381) |
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| Name: | mooie_ziel | ||
| Bio: |   Despite an aggressive marketing campaign aimed at encouraging babies as young as 6 months to watch videos, there is no evidence that focusing on a screen is anything but bad for infants and toddlers. In a study released last August, University of Washington researchers found that babies between 8 and 16 months recognized an average of six to eight fewer words for every hour spent watching videos. source A large number of parents are ignoring warnings from the American Academy of Pediatrics and are allowing their very young children to watch television, DVDs or videos so that by 3 months of age 40 percent of infants are regular viewers. That number jumps to 90 percent of 2-year-olds, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute. The findings are being published today in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. The three most important and common reasons cited by parents for allowing their children to watch TV, DVDs or videos were: * 29 percent believed these media were educational or were good for the child's brain. * 23 percent said viewing was enjoyable or relaxing for the child. * 21 percent used these media as an electronic babysitter so they could do other things. source  | ||
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