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Research shows that watching television starting at a young age can profoundly affect children's development. These effects include obesity, language delays, and learning disabilities. Physical inactivity while viewing TV reduces necessary exercise and leads to over-eating. Language delays occur when a child does not interact with others.
A child watching in front of a TV illustrates the addiction of television on children. Television addiction is a proposed addiction model associated with maladaptive or compulsive behavior associated with watching television programming. [1] [2]
Scientists claim watching age-appropriate content can have a benefit on cognitive development.
[45] [46] It has been proven that there is a negative relationship between increase screen time and behavioral problems in young children. In these preschool aged children (between the ages of 0-5 years old) with over four hours of screen usages a day was shown to have 1.76 times more likely to have behavioral and conduct problems. [47]
With such series as 'Wednesday,' 'Wolf Pack' and even 'Cobra Kai,' new series for teens are taking darker turns with multi-generational storytelling and complex characters.
In her new 5-part documentary, Social Studies, Lauren Greenfield asks Los Angeles teenagers to talk about social media. Their answers should go viral.
Concern over the impact that television had on children began when television was still a new entertainment medium. [4] During the 1950s, many individuals, particularly parents, asked their legislators to do something about the potential effects of television viewing on young people.
Online gaming is often a means of escape, allowing the game player to unwind after a day at work or school, and statistics have shown that these games have grown immensely in popularity ...