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August 13, 2007
Watch thisSo it turns out, according to a new study, that parking your kid in front of the television may not be good for their cognitive development. Go figure.
Perhaps we are oversimplifying a little. An editorial in today's USA Today notes, using quite possibly, one of BoardBuzz's favorite analogies ever, "Rather than creating a Baby Einstein . . . you could be creating Baby Homer Simpson." The paper also points out, "The study by researchers at the University of Washington concluded that babies who spent hours watching baby DVDs and videos learned fewer new words than babies who had never watched them. The biggest impact was on babies from eight to 16 months old, an age when language skills are starting to develop."
So what can parents do to combat the electronic babysitter? USA Today suggests reading to them instead. And BoardBuzz knows of at least one great opportunity to do just that -- Read for the Record. We told you about it last week, here.
Posted August 13, 2007 4:55 PM | Early Childhood Education
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