Monday, May 17, 2021

Early TV Viewing & Brains

During this pandemic isolation, we live with the TV on. What’s this I hear about toddlers should not watch any TV? Give me a break. It’s a great baby-sitter!

It may be a great baby-sitter—depending upon your definition of what makes a “great baby-sitter.” However, what their brains take in tends to return as behaviors. And the more passive mental picturing takes place the higher the likelihood of synapses disappearing from nonuse. According to Harvard, in “Screen Time and the Brain,” digital devices can interfere with everything from sleep to creativity. The first three years of a child’s life sets the tone and direction for as long as they life. A child an “recover from poor parenting to some degree,” as one brain-function specialist put it. However, the less they must recover from the better. Some tips tomorrow from pediatrician and former filmmaker Michael Rich, MD, aka “The Mediatrician”®  

 Screen Time and the Brain | Harvard Medical School


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