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Is screentime beneficial or harmful for your toddler? Surprising new findings!
Last week, an advocate for limiting young children’s exposure to technology reversed his opinion, surprising both parents and pediatricians. Seattle pediatrician Dr. Dimitri A. Christakis helped write the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) guidelines recommending parents avoid any exposure to TV or media for children under the age of two. But in the March issue of the journal JAMA Pediatrics, Christakis wrote an opinion piece in which he admitted he was reconsidering his position. Why? In a nutshell, even though the AAP’s recommendations were published in 2011, the guidelines were written and reviewed before 2010, when the iPad was introduced. Doctors had no such device in mind; and since then, technological advances have far outpaced research. “Now, 3 years later...
