Now here's a study that just makes my day: children who watch at
least four hours of television a day see at least a 10-point jump in
IQ, and later, in SAT scores.
It doesn’t matter whether the TV
is educational or not, either – researchers from the Society for
Lenient Childrearing found that it was time in front of the screen, not
the content of the programming, that made the difference.
"To
our surprise, we found that exposure to everything from Little
Einsteins to mommy's stories had a salutary effect," said lead
researcher Dora Marquez.
"The take-home message from this is that parents should watch whatever
TV they wish, for as long as they wish, and not worry about what their
children are doing."
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