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  • How does television affect the development of infants and toddlers?

    Physical Development:  Children who watch too much television are more likely to become couch potatoes.  Because they are not exercising, they are more likely to be obese.

    Language/Social Development:  Language is developed through reading and social interaction.  When infants or toddlers are watching television, they are not learning communication skills from those around them.

    Intellectual Development:  When you are watching TV, the brain switches from the left side of the brain to the right side.  The right side of the brain does not think through information that is coming from the TV.  It is responsible for emotional response of people.  It also reduces brain activity and provides an access to the subconscious.  It exposes infants and toddlers to the influence of commercial advertising.

    Emotional Development:  Infants and toddlers are watching sex and violence.  Sometimes, even movies that are supposed to be for children contain sex and violence.  Because children absorb what they see, it is advised that children under the age of two do not watch any television.

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    • How does television affect the development of infants and toddlers?

      Physical Development:  Children who watch too much television are more likely to become couch potatoes.  Because they are not exercising, they are more likely to be obese.

      Language/Social Development:  Language is developed through reading and social interaction.  When infants or toddlers are watching television, they are not learning communication skills from those around them.

      Intellectual Development:  When you are watching TV, the brain switches from the left side of the brain to the right side.  The right side of the brain does not think through information that is coming from the TV.  It is responsible for emotional response of people.  It also reduces brain activity and provides an access to the subconscious.  It exposes infants and toddlers to the influence of commercial advertising.

      Emotional Development:  Infants and toddlers are watching sex and violence.  Sometimes, even movies that are supposed to be for children contain sex and violence.  Because children absorb what they see, it is advised that children under the age of two do not watch any television.