I think I knew this already and I'm disappointed with myself, in regards to, about the amount of unsupervised TV watching that I allow Dylan to do. That being said, it doesn't hurt to read some current articles here and there. All this reading does is make you feeling a bit nervous about the choices you're making as a parent. We all know that study's are conducted to contradict common practices. So, be careful not to jump on a large bandwagon without doing your own research.
One article, but far from the only one, at babycenternews.com entitled- TV and Kids: New study fuels debate, claims to have research that proves that watching over two hours of TV a day can and will cause attention problems in adolscense. Upto and under 2 hours of television watching per day has about the same impact. As you add each additional hour of tv watching the attention problems with these children increase. These findings are said to cross lines of social economics, gender, early attention problems, and early cognitive ability.
Other articles on this site offer suggestions that seem obvious as well. When watching TV, watch it with your child. Ask them questions about the content, to ensure there comprehension. But above all, be interested in what they're watching. The overall suggestion, make watching TV like not watching TV, make it an interactive, tactile, and sharing experience. Seems pretty cut and dried to me.
Yet, another study offers a link to dysfunctional families, childhood obsetiy, language development, violent behavior and early sexual activity. I think we might be reaching here, but the egg did come before the chicken. Right?
Wanna be enlightened too? .....if you dare. The more I read the less I want to know. I'm done reading up on the subject. Moral to the story - play with your kids!!
http://www.whitedot.org/issue/iss_story.asp?slug=ADHD%20Toddlers
http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4100.htm
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