Many
of today’s new parents are plopping their
youngest kids down in front of the TV screen in
hopes that videos like Baby Einstein will help
their babies take the first steps towards ivy
league success down the road. While the prospect
of this being true is enticing, the latest research
finds that these products may do more harm than
good.
Two
researchers from the University of Washington
found that for every hour per day watching baby
TV and videos, infants learned 6-8 fewer vocabulary
words than babies who never watched videos.
Turns out babies don’t need TV to learn -
they need us.
Two
researchers from the University of Washington
found that for every hour per day watching baby
TV and videos, infants learned 6-8 fewer vocabulary
words than babies who never watched videos.
