Don’t Let Your Baby Spend Lots of Time With The TV

A recent study in Canada showed that lots of TV time at age two causes a variety of behavioral and lifestyle problems among kids when they reach the age of 10.

Based on a study among 1,300 children born in Canada in 1997 and 1998, researchers discovered that 29-month old kids spend an average time of 8.82 hours every week in front of the television. Furthermore, they also discovered that every hour in excess of this average watching time was linked to a variety of problems when they reach the age of 10. This included an increase in the kid’s body mass index (BMI) by five percent, an increase in carbonated drink consumption by nine percent, an increase in the risk of being bullied on by 10 percent, and a decrease in physical activity during weekends by 13 percent.

Based on this study funded by Canada's Social Science and Humanities Research Council Intentional Collaborations Fund, lots of television time at the age of two eventually prevented the kids from engaging in other intellectual activities and developing social skills.

These conclusions were made after comparing the TV time of the kids when they were 29 months (as reported by the parents) to the teachers’ assessments on their social skills, math and reading performance, and social interactions in school when they were ten years old.

Infodose thoughts: Now that we know how much watching television affects our kids’ lives, we should definitely monitor not just the length of time they spend to watch TV. Instead, we should also examine the kind of shows that they watch and then analyze its possible impact on their present and future behavior and development.

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