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No Digital for BabyBy Editorial Staff How much digital media (essentially, anything viewed on a screen, particularly TV / video) does your child watch on an average day (number of hours) at 12, 18 and 24 months of age? That's the question asked to parents in an illuminating study that assessed the impact of TV / video on young children's sensory processing abilities at 33 months. The results should make you reconsider handing that tablet to your young child, or plopping them down in front of the TV, so often (if at all). According to the study, early-life exposure to digital media is associated with atypical sensory processing in all four domains of the Infant-Toddler Sensory Profile (low registration, sensation seeking, sensory sensitivity, and sensation avoiding). The Infant-Toddler Sensory Profile is used to assess how sensory processing affects daily functioning. Per study findings, which appear in JAMA Pediatrics:
Dysfunction with regard to how your child processes sensory stimuli may be linked to behavioral and neurodevelopmental problems. To learn more about atypical sensory processing, including examples of low registration, etc., click here. Page printed from: http://www.toyourhealth.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=3239&no_paginate=true&no_b=true |