Toddlers’ screen time linked to speech delays and lost sleep, but questions remain
by Laura Sanders
9:00am, May 12, 2017
One of the most pressing and perplexing questions parents have to answer is what to do about screen time for little ones. Even scientists and doctors are stumped. That’s because no one knows how digital media such as smartphones, iPads and other screens affect children.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recently put out guidelines, but that advice was based on a frustratingly slim body of scientific evidence, as I’ve covered. Scientists are just scratching the surface of how screen time might influence growing bodies and minds. Two recent studies point out how hard these answers are to get. But the studies also hint that the answers might be important.
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/growth-curve/toddler-screen-time-speech-delays-lost-sleep
