Passing Thoughts

This has been a lingering cause of on and off household discussion cum mini-debate as to whether or not Yuan’s favorite cartoons –Cars, Pooh, Barney, ABCs etc., are effectively aiding him along the lines of TV stimulated learning. He does remember a few lines, gestures, and incomprehensible babblings.

But as expected, he tends to afford more attention to action packed shows, than those that were suppose to inject more amount of educational learning.

I admit being guilty (beyond reasonable doubt) of overexposing him to the screen (to the point of buying him his own portable DVD player with monitor). And judging the way he behaves so far, my observations are likely leaning towards supporting the study’s findings.

Well, it certainly looks like there’s a looming battle for control over the DVDs at home in the next few days, and my problem is—in previous similar fights I always end up the one conveniently losing over the little ‘giant’ one, lest I cover my ears and ignore a deafening howl.

Too much TV, computer time psychologically harms kids—study – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos.