This is amazing, and it applies to babies that watch TV for only 60 minutes a day? How many babies do YOU know who are watching less TV than that? I don't know ANY! All the babies I know are loading up on TV. The REAL impact of this is probably devastating. A nation of Einsteins reduced to dribbling fools. Plus, if you extrapolate this information, a typical grownup, watching a full day of TV, the adult portion of six to eight hours...forget about it! Nothing left. Jello.
My favorite part is no, you can't count on "Sesame Street" to help. The babies may as well be watching porn. But isn't this just like smoking? You know it's bad and you're going to do it anyway. If your baby is sitting there, you know you are going to watch the game, or "Oprah" or whatever. You won't shut it off, even though you know you are stifling the next Alexander Graham Bell. Because...YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO TO LOSE WEIGHT NOW...AFTER ALL THIS TIME WHEN NOTHING HAS WORKED!
Babies who watch TV are more likely to have delayed cognitive development and language at 14 months, especially if they're watching programs intended for adults and older children. We probably knew that 24 and Grey's Anatomy don't really qualify as educational content, but it's surprising that TV-watching made a difference at such a tender age..
Babies who watched 60 minutes of TV daily had developmental scores one-third lower at 14 months than babies who weren't watching that much TV. Though their developmental scores were still in the normal range, the discrepancy may be due to the fact that when kids and parents are watching TV, they're missing out on talking, playing, and interactions that are essential to learning and development.
But what about "good" TV, like Sesame Street? The researchers didn't find any pluses or minuses when compared to non-educational programs designed for small children, like SpongeBob SquarePants
[US News]
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