Here's one for the No Need to Panic files: TV impairs speech development.
A new study
shows that for every hour a child spends in front of the television,
parents speak 770 fewer words. That's both when the parents are
watching the show with the child and when they've just plopped the kid
in front of the set to take a shower. Also, when the TV is just on in
the background.
So why shouldn't we panic?
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