this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
2 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

59312 readers
5184 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
2
Screen time linked with developmental delays, study finds (www.cnn.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Screen time linked with developmental delays, study finds::Screen time at age 1 is linked with higher risks of developmental delays in toddlerhood, a new study has found.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I do not see any breakdown between quantity/quality though.

It’s one thing to plop a kid in front of “junk food TV”, compared to wholesome TV, educational TV/factual documentaries, or educational games (like Homer or ABC Mouse).

Yes, obviously human interaction is necessary for human development, and more screen time will likely mean less human interaction, unless a caregiver is actively engaging the child about the content.

I still contend that there’s “good screentime” and “bad screentime”, and like food, the secret sauce is moderation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This point is actually acknowledged in the study findings under "Strengths and Limitations":

A limitation is that the information we collected did not allow us to separate educational screen time from other types of screen time. Doing so may have helped us in examining the association between screen time and child development while considering both positive and negative aspects of screen time.

The original data used in the study did not allow this differentiation but these findings can be used as a starting point for further research.