More TV for toddlers equals school trouble later By Reuters - Mon May 3, 3:31 PM PDTWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toddlers who watch too much TV may struggle in school later, with measurably lower scores in math, and they may get bullied more than other children, Canadian and U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Less surprisingly, children who watched more TV at age 2 weighed more by the time they were 10 and ate more snacks and soft drinks, the researchers reported in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
"The results support previous suggestions that early childhood television exposure undermines attention," wrote Linda Pagani of the University of Montreal and colleagues at Bowling Green University in Kentucky and the University of Michigan.
They said children who spend more time watching TV and less time playing with other kids may lose valuable chances to learn social skills.
The researchers started with more than 2,000 children taking part in a larger study. Their parents reported how much TV the children watched at 2-1/2 and later at 4-1/2 year old.
The checked with the children's teachers and doctors when the subjects were 10.
Every additional weekly hour of television at 29 months corresponded to a 7 percent drop in classroom attention and a 6 percent drop in math skills, the researchers found.
An hour more TV a week as a toddler meant a child was 10 percent more likely to be bullied, exercised 13 percent less, weighed 5 percent more and ate 10 percent more snacks, they found.
"Despite clear, age-specific recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics that discourage any screen media exposure during infancy and less than two hours per day beyond 2 years of age, parents show poor factual knowledge and awareness of such existing guidelines," the researchers wrote.
In their group, most of the children watched no more TV than this recommended amount but 11 percent watched more, they said
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I think kids of all ages should spend most of their time playing outdoors. Too much tv, video games, computer... none of it is healthy in excessive doses. Everything in moderation.
I think kids of all ages should spend most of their time playing outdoors. Too much tv, video games, computer... none of it is healthy in excessive doses. Everything in moderation.
Everything?!?
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Nearly 30 yrs ago I was speaking with a new co-worker and must have mentioned that all of my children were avid readers.
We chatted more as we worked and she suddenly commented, you don't have a tv do you? I said no, we did not.
She had previous teaching experience and said you could tell if kids watched too much tv.
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TV is one of the largest contributors to child hood obesity....I have been saying this for a long time. I knew I was not alone. I agree A-Q-P kids, and might I add ADULTS, need to spend more time out doors and doing active things. Not only can it help save them some health issues but it can also save the planet because someone might see something in nature that needs attention. WHO KNOWS!?!?!?!
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So the Pentecostals were right all those years about how bad TV was?!?!?!?!?!?! Well at least they were right about something.......calm down everyone....I was only kidding.
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