Tuesday, May 8, 2007

URGENT: NO TV/VIDEO FOR BABIES

I've not had personal care of a baby in my household in over 30 years so I've been unaware than parents are actually putting babies in front of TV sets with programming or videos. This is extraordinarily dangerous because a baby's developing brain cannot grow properly with ANY computer, video or TV exposure. Apparently pediatricians have been saying not to expose babies to TV but almost all parents are ignoring this advice. Now there is news of a study confirming the damage but of course crass market forces and lazy parenting will deny it. But I can tell you that without question, there is a serious terrible effect on a baby's brain due to TV and other electronic screen exposure and with all the attention to ADHD and Autism I'm totally amazed that people don't see the connection and continue to risk their babies. TV is like running over sensitive budding flowers in a baby's brain with a tractor and worse, developing a "taste" for it that will spill out into cognitive dissonance, over stimulation, and syndromes such as ADHD and Autism.

Please take this seriously.

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