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In the June 19th issue of The Week magazine, an article once again reported that “new” studies have found that there are detrimental effects for children under the age of 2 who watch a lot of TV. In not-so-shocking news, the article reported that when the TV is on, adults speak 500-1000 less words per hour to their children, which can impede their children’s intellectual and emotional development. It doesn’t matter whether the programming is adult or child-focused; either way, adults aren’t speaking as much to children and this is why having the TV on can be detrimental to a child’s development.
The shocking (to me at least!) news is that 30% of American parents admit to keeping their televisions on ALL DAY LONG, even if no one is watching the programming. This seems like a very high number to me!
So there you have it: your bit of shocking and not-so-shocking news for Monday 🙂
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