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Screen time linked with developmental delays, study finds | CNN (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Griseowulfin@beehaw.org to c/science@beehaw.org

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A study in JAMA Pediatrics found a relationship between screen time as a baby and developmental delays as a toddler. This draws more ground to further investigate the health effects of electronics usage by children and what types of media have detrimental effects on development.

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[–] DJDarren@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I guess this makes sense to some extent.

I mean, kids learn from copying their parents, so parents who distract their kids with an old iPad are less likely to spend as much time interacting with them. That's no shade towards any parents, btw. I myself am a parent of a kid who had access to my phone from an early age to keep him quiet while I tried to get shit done. He had troubles with socialising at school, and ended up being kicked out of a couple. It's entirely possible he has ADHD (as I do), but he's 19 now, at university, far less likely to be spending his time looking at his phone, and is absolutely thriving.

So I guess I fucked him up for quite a bit there...