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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Infants watching too much TV?

An interesting article from the Seattle Times today reported the average amount of television that infants and toddlers watch.

"Families are so hooked on television and videos that 40 percent of 3-month-olds and 90 percent of 2-year-olds are regular watchers, according to a new, wide-ranging survey by Seattle researchers."

Your not going to believe this but, "previous research has reported that children who watch excessive amounts of TV have a higher risk of attention problems, obesity, aggressive behavior and low scores on reading and math tests."

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/
vortex/display?slug=kidsandtv08m&date=20070508

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