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Screen time at age 1 is linked with higher risks of developmental delays in toddlerhood, a new study has found.

Screen time linked with developmental delays, study finds::Screen time at age 1 is linked with higher risks of developmental delays in toddlerhood, a new study has found.

  • @[email protected]English
    8•1 year ago

    I do not see any breakdown between quantity/quality though.

    It’s one thing to plop a kid in front of “junk food TV”, compared to wholesome TV, educational TV/factual documentaries, or educational games (like Homer or ABC Mouse).

    Yes, obviously human interaction is necessary for human development, and more screen time will likely mean less human interaction, unless a caregiver is actively engaging the child about the content.

    I still contend that there’s “good screentime” and “bad screentime”, and like food, the secret sauce is moderation.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•1 year ago

      It’s not the quality of the show or the content that matters. Have you ever put a small child in front of the TV? It’s like turning their brains off. To be honest it’s quite startling.

      It doesn’t matter if its “wholesome” content or not - there is a physical decreases of core brain activity as the child disengages from the world.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      I’ll tell you that even at 4 I see differences in my son’s behavior if he watches Turtles or if he watches something like Puffin Rock.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      This point is actually acknowledged in the study findings under “Strengths and Limitations”:

      A limitation is that the information we collected did not allow us to separate educational screen time from other types of screen time. Doing so may have helped us in examining the association between screen time and child development while considering both positive and negative aspects of screen time.

      The original data used in the study did not allow this differentiation but these findings can be used as a starting point for further research.