Children under 3 can't learn action words from TV -- unless an adult helps
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 00:14
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.