TV And Infants - In Case You Still Don't Know It, It Does More Harm Than Good
Never underestimate the ability of companies to let you believe you're doing a good thing if they can make a buck. It was once said classical music was good for kids - in a bizarre, isolated 'correlation is causation' way - so a company decided that a TV show with classical music in the background would make infants smarter and the "Baby Einstein" juggernaut was born. Was there any evidence for it? No, but there is evidence against it, and a child expert is warning parents to limit the amount of television children watch before the age of two, after an extensive review of 78 studies published over the last 25 years and published in the January issue of Acta Paediatrica. It can do more harm than good to their ongoing development. read more
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