Many Preschoolers Get A Lot Of Screen Time, Instead Of Communicating With Parents

Many Preschoolers Get A Lot Of Screen Time, Instead Of Communicating With Parents.
Two-thirds of preschoolers in the United States are exposed to more than the maximal two hours per daylight of protect time from television, computers, video games and DVDs recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, a supplemental study has found. Researchers from Seattle Children's Research Institute and the University of Washington looked at the routine screen time of nearly 9000 preschool-age children included in the inhabitant Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, an observational swotting of more than 10000 children born in 2001.

On average, preschoolers were exposed to four hours of shelter time each weekday, with 3,6 hours of exposure occurring at home. Those in home-based youth care had a combined average of 5,6 hours of screen time at home and while at youngster care, with 87 percent exceeding the recommended two-hour limit, the investigators found.