Thursday, April 15, 2004
TV Turn-off Week is coming...
What do you plan to do this April 19-25???
In a recent editorial, The Seattle Times writes...
"Scientists at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center and the University of Washington found every hour of TV toddlers watch per day increases by 10 percent the chance they will develop concentration problems and other symptoms of attention-deficit disorders by age 7...
...The findings suggest it's not enough for parents to monitor what kind of television their children watch. Quantity matters, too. Even so-called "educational" programs bombard children with rapidly changing images and events that are faster and more stimulating than real life. More research is needed, but growing evidence suggests developing brains are vulnerable to overstimulation."
