December 9, 2011
I have posted about the implications of the trend in which parents buy fancy stuff for their infants. In that post, I had this quote "Technology is also playing its part - with nearly one fifth of parents of children aged 0-4 years having bought a television for their baby's bedroom, rising to 28% of parents of children aged 15-24" from a BBC report on the buying habits of parents.
That was depressing but the paper "Strangers in our Homes"by Dr Susan Johnson (link below) shows that researchers and academics have caught on and are actively recommending "no TV".
Fortunately, even a mainstream body like the American Academy of Pediatrics now agrees as seen in this page, "Toddlers and TV" on their website. The page goes so far as to say, "Any positive effect of television on infants and toddlers is still open to question, but the benefits of parent-child interactions are proven. Under age two, talking, singing, reading, listening to music or playing are far more important to a child's development than any TV show." Wonderful news on the attempts to fight what Śrī Kṛṣṇa calls an unquenchable fire दुष्पूरेणानलेन [dushhpuureNaanalena 3-39].
I have posted about the implications of the trend in which parents buy fancy stuff for their infants. In that post, I had this quote "Technology is also playing its part - with nearly one fifth of parents of children aged 0-4 years having bought a television for their baby's bedroom, rising to 28% of parents of children aged 15-24" from a BBC report on the buying habits of parents.
That was depressing but the paper "Strangers in our Homes"by Dr Susan Johnson (link below) shows that researchers and academics have caught on and are actively recommending "no TV".
Fortunately, even a mainstream body like the American Academy of Pediatrics now agrees as seen in this page, "Toddlers and TV" on their website. The page goes so far as to say, "Any positive effect of television on infants and toddlers is still open to question, but the benefits of parent-child interactions are proven. Under age two, talking, singing, reading, listening to music or playing are far more important to a child's development than any TV show." Wonderful news on the attempts to fight what Śrī Kṛṣṇa calls an unquenchable fire दुष्पूरेणानलेन [dushhpuureNaanalena 3-39].
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