BBC NEWS | Health | Children 'recover' from TV harm: " Monday, 1 October 2007
Children 'recover' from TV harm Television watching
Toddlers who watch too much television are more likely to suffer later behavioural problems - but the damage can be reversed, say researchers. The Johns Hopkins University experts found that under-fives who watched over two hours a day increased their risk. However, young children who watched too much, but cut back by five years old, removed the risk, the study in the journal Pediatrics suggested."
... well that's okay then...
The thing is, it's not just about the children, is it? A big part of the issue is the parents. It's all too easy to rely on television to neutralise and contain your children. It's the big electronic playpen which controls them without effort. Television and its effect on children is more than just about behavioural problems or lack of social skills. This is an incredibly complex issue and to imagine that it is about such a limited spectrum of effects which can be 'reversed' is naive in the extreme.
Took this from another blogger (along with her opinion... mainly because I don't have the energy to give mine! and mine is synonymous to hers anyway)
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It's all about the parents and their choices for how their children spend time when they are with them. And Grandparents too!
HEY WHIT
go to kaleb's blog and click on David..he has a travel log of Australia and it's very fun to read. I think you will enjoy it. Get some ideas about how to do things in your future.
Interesting news story Whit....I agree with the TV thing on a whole. And right now I am with you, too tired to come up with much more then that. This cold has hit me hard. My head is full of stuff and my body aches all over...that might be the side effects of the Boniva...love you sweetheart.
Mom
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