Children's Health Defense on 7/6/23:

 

‘Uncontrolled Experiment’: How Smart Devices Are Damaging Kids Brains

As little as two hours of screen time per day can impair a child’s thinking and language skills, interfere with sleep, and increase anxiety and depression.

By Dr. Joseph Mercola

Story at a glance:

• Children ages 9 to 10 who use electronic devices for seven hours or more per day exhibit premature thinning of the brain cortex, the outer brain layer that processes information from the five physical senses.
• As little as two hours of screen time per day may impact cognition, resulting in lower scores on thinking and language tests.
• Infants under the age of 2 do not effectively learn language from videos; they need live interaction.
• Babies do not transfer what they learn from the iPad to the real world. For example, the ability to play with virtual Legos does not transfer over to the skill of manipulating real Lego blocks.
• Apps and social media are designed to be addictive, and young children are far more susceptible to addiction than adults.

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