Study Suggests Root of Kids' Tv Preoccupation: Parents
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › May 25, 2006
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WASHINGTON Eight in 10 of the nation's youngest children babies up to age 6 watch TV, play video games or use the computer for about two hours on a typical day. A third live in homes where the TV is on most of the time.
Even for the littlest tots, TV in the bedroom isn't rare: 19 percent of children under 2 have one despite urging from the American Academy of Pediatrics that youngsters not watch any television at that age.See the full content of this document
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Study Suggests Root of Kids' Tv Preoccupation: Parents
So concludes a new study that highlights the immense disconnect between what child-development specialists advise and what parents allow.
"My reasoning was that my little boy was extremely intelligent since b...See the full content of this document
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