feh... haven't had tv since 1999
Posted on 09/20/2010 1:44:54 PM PDT by MintyHippo1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQbd5k_SiHo
From the Center for Screen-time Awareness at www.tvturnoff.org:
Parents might know that sitting children in front of the television for hours at a time isn’t the best way to encourage intellectual growth. But a new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine shows that simply having the TV on in the background can stifle interaction between parent and child, decreasing the number of words spoken and possibly slowing the development of a baby’s language skills. Scientists have long suspected that TV viewing can damage early development. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends avoiding exposure to television before an infant is two years old, a period when important cognitive changes take place. “We’ve known that television exposure during infancy is associated with language delays and attentional problems, but so far it has remained unclear why,” said lead researcher Dimitri Christakis. The researchers investigated by attaching sensors to both parents and their children between the ages of two months and four years. On sporadic days over a period of a month, the sensors recorded every word spoken or heard by the subjects. If a television was on, words emanating from the TV were counted, although researchers did not differentiate between whether subjects were actively watching the tube, or just had it on in the background as they went about other tasks. This technology allowed Christakis’ team to quantify exactly the degree to which TV-viewing can cripple parent-child communication: for every hour a television was turned on, babies heard 770 fewer words from an adult, the new study found.
(Excerpt) Read more at familymediadetox.com ...
I note that you only post this “detox” stuff.
I note that you never comment on other threads.
This is curious.
>> ... shows that simply having the TV on in the background can stifle interaction between parent and child, decreasing the number of words spoken and possibly slowing the development of a baby’s language skills.
I wish. We leave the TV on almost constantly ... and neither of my lovely kids will stick-a-sock-in-it for more than ten consecutive seconds.
SnakeDoc
feh... haven't had tv since 1999
I note you’re not a moderator.
I note you really try to act like you are one.
This too is curious.
I note a failure to answer why you refuse or fail to be a real FReeper.
Do you have a financial interest in this site you continue (exclusively) to pimp?
Refer to my previous comment. I’m sure there is a process for wannabe mods here. Sign right up!
And later, you can also send off for your junior G-man badge!
Yeah.
And you still remain the poster of threads from a single source
and fail to comment in any other areas or on any other threads.
I sniff a pimp.
You are here to promote a revenue stream and not to participate.
Consider yourself under junior G-man scrutiny, which you
may find quite as uncomfortable as senior G-man attention.
Pimp on, pimper.
You will also be disappointed to learn that the Hair Club for Men isn’t really a club, so they have no need for a sergeant-at-arms.
I don’t know you personally, but I’ll bet somewhere there is a school yearbook with a picture of you wearing a sash emblazoned with the words, “HALL MONITOR.”
And I’ll bet you were the best one they ever had.
These posts of yours are supposed to excuse your blogpimping?
Mayberry had its Deputy Fife.
Freerepublic has its Humblegunner.
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Wow.
Just...
wow.
Everybody on FR has the right to express their thoughts and feelings within the guidelines.
You may not be within the guidelines, so anybody asking deserves an answer.
We're supposed to be a community of fellow conservatives, furthering the conservative movement, and not a trolling pool for blog hits.
So if you are so keen to share these experiences why do you excerpt them?
Are you more keen for the blog hits? Hmmmm?
Thanks to all of you who have visited the blog and shared the link on your Facebook pages. Our stats indicate that visits on Day Two nearly doubled from the Day One total.
Very good 50mm!
Absolute proof the wee hippoboy is a blog pimp!
Silly hippo, gunner has a nose for these things.
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