Is Mom’s TV Time Bad for Kids?

A new report says that many Americans keep their TVs on as background noise at all?times ? and that such secondhand media could be harmful to young kids’ learning and?development. TUESDAY, Oct. 18 ? You?d never bring your 2-year-old to an R-rated movie, let her?flip through a racy magazine, or plop her on the couch […]

Strangers in Our Home: TV and Our Children’s Minds by Susan R. Johnson

As a mother and a pediatrician who completed both a three-year residency in Pediatrics and a three-year subspecialty fellowship in Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, I started to wonder: “What are we doing to our children’s growth and learning potential by allowing them to watch television and videos as well as spend endless hours playing computer […]