How Many Times Do We Have To Tell You? Don't Let Babies Watch TV!!

Babies just shouldn’t be watching TV, okay?
It may distract them or make them stop crying and it might look like they understand what’s going on — but they don’t
According to a new study infants and toddlers “just have no idea what’s going on” when the TV (or any screen) is on. So when you turn on the TV their awesome little spongy minds turn off.

“What we know from recent research on language development is that the more language that comes in — from real people — the more language the child understands and produces later on,”

explained a professor of psychology at Temple University.
The new report from the pediatrics association estimates that

“for every hour a child under 2 spends in front of a screen, he or she spends about 50 minutes less interacting with a parent, and about 10 percent less time in creative play.”

It recommends that doctors discuss setting “media limits” for babies and toddlers with parents, though it does not specify how much time is too much.
We know, we like LOVE TV too. But clearly, it’s not good for tiny ones.
Our suggestion: Let your child turn 3 before you hand she/he over to Sesame Street to do the rest of the rearing.
[image via NBC]