I HAVE THREE GRAND CHILDREN; “grand” as the relationship and “grand” as an attribute. They are bright.
(I can’t take credit. Their grandmother is an educator and their mother is a teacher.)
WHEN I SAW on the radio with a picture that too much time in front of a tube — tablets, cell phones, tvs, etc. — I got concerned.
My grand-trio often can’t take time away from the tube to chat with the grandparents. The Spouse “visits” with them almost daily via WhatsApp; I see them less, also via WhatsApp. (Google’s Duo would work as well. Both are free apps; local and international voice and video chats are free.)
- Funny enough, the “inexpensive” Redmi 6A smartphone my daughter insisted I have sounds better than the Spouse's LG “smartphone” — ‘course the LG is an older model.
In any event, I sent my daughter a list of sites that I will share with readers of this blog.
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Source: CNN
YouTube’s dark side could be affecting your child’s mental health
(CNN) Screen time use by infants, toddlers and preschoolers has exploded over the last decade, concerning experts about the impact of television, tablets and smartphones on these critical years of rapid brain development.
Now a new study scanned the brains of children 3 to 5 years old and found those who used screens more than the recommended one hour a day without parental involvement had lower levels of development in the brain's white matter -- an area key to the development of language, literacy and cognitive skills.
Source: Modern Medicine
YouTube’s dark side could be affecting your child’s mental health
* Mental health experts warn that fear-inducing videos affect brain development in young children.
* YouTube is toughening its approach to policing content for children. With 400 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, vetting malicious content is proving difficult.
* The American Academy of Pediatrics warns parents about the importance of limiting screen time.
Source: Great Schools.org
Your child’s brain on technology: video games
“Hi honeys, I’m home!”
You skip into your house after a brutal day at the office, greeting your offspring with a generous smile.
“I’m so happy to see everybody!”
Silence. No one looks at you. Everyone is hunched over, hypnotized by a gizmo.
Teen daughter Tabitha is texting furiously. Tommy, your tween, is blasting video game bad guys. Five-year-old Theresa stares rapturously at an episode of Annoying Orange, a YouTube video on the gleaming screen.
“I’ve lost my kids! They’re brainwashed by mind-gobbling gadgets!”
You sit down. Take a deep breath. To relax, you scroll through Facebook and catch up on your email. Meekly, you join the other mesmerized zombies…
Source: Healthline Parenthood
Is Screen Time Altering the Brains of Children?
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health recently offered a glimpse of the answer, based on preliminary data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.
This study is following more than 11,000 9- and 10-year-olds at 21 sites throughout the United States. The results were presented in December by study director Gaya Dowling, PhD, on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
The two big takeaways from the initial data are:
* MRI scans found significant differences in the brains of some children who reported using smartphones, tablets, and video games more than seven hours a day.
* Children who reported more than two hours a day of screen time got lower scores on thinking and language tests.
Source: Psychology Today
What Screen Time Can Really Do to Kids' Brains
Screen time is an inescapable reality of modern childhood, with kids of every age spending hours upon hours in front of iPads, smartphones and televisions.
That’s not always a bad thing: Educational apps and TV shows are great ways for children to sharpen their developing brains and hone their communication skills—not to mention the break these gadgets provide harried parents. But tread carefully: A number of troubling studies connect delayed cognitive development in kids with extended exposure to electronic media.
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I know there are things on tubes to enhance youngsters’ capabilities, but I also know there are things that, if used to the exclusion of other stimulants — e.g., reading, writing, conversations with adults and peers — that will lead to a child devoid of interpersonal skills and with a limited vocabulary. I don’t want that for MY grandchildren and I am confident that my grandchildren's parents also don't want that.
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