*** My wife and I both were amazed at how that baby would just stare at the TV.***
Have there been any studies relating this phenomena to autism? Visual overload? Passive non-interaction with the characters?
Watching cartoons with my grandchildren - I have noticed the animation is so realistic - small kids must find it difficult or impossible to distinguish between fantasy & reality (unintended consequence?).
” I have noticed the animation is so realistic - small kids must find it difficult or impossible to distinguish between fantasy & reality “
When I was a little kid, Gumby freaked me out. Scared me! I knew people/things just didn’t move like that! Wouldn’t watch it.
It is without any doubt bad for young kids, the younger they are, the worse it is. Also "Educational" TV is just as bad as any other.