Children under 3 can't learn action words from TV -- unless an adult helps

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 07:35 in Psychology & Sociology

American infants and toddlers watch TV an average of two hours a day, and much of the programming is billed as educational. A new study finds that children under age 3 learn less from these videos that we might think -- unless there's an adult present to interact with them and support their learning.

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