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3 TV generations later - we prove the obvious
The credit for the invention of television generally goes to Philo T. Farnsworth - who fiddled with the concepts and equipment during the decade of the 1920s. As with all emergent technology - we got to live with it a long time before we started to demonstrate its ill effects. For those who continue to wonder why I use the terms "mass media mind control," in a few years, we should have a definitive "scientific" answer. Until then, of course, what's obvious continues to remain obvious...
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Research Shows Too Much TV May be Linked to ADHD
Apr. 5 - Two-year-old Carson loves his TV time. Mom Kim Shafer says she is careful about the programs her son watches, but admits she's not as cautious about the amount of time he spends in front of the TV. "Certainly he has plenty of toys he can be playing with instead of the television. The TV's just seems to be a lot easier ."
Convenience that may come with a price. One of the first studies to test the effects of TV in children under 3 suggests a link between tube time and the risk of attention problems like ADHD.
"What we found was each additional hour a day that children watched was associated with a 10% increase of having attentional problems at age seven." Dr. Dimitri Christakis says the first 3 years of life are an important time for brain development and the fast-paced images on the TV screen may be leaving their mark.
"The interesting thing about this study, if it's really borne out is that it hopefully points to prevention of ADHD, something parents can actually do to increase their child's attention span."
Kim is working to trim Carson's tube time and is hopeful the warmer weather will help.
The study did not focus on program content, but researchers note that many programs geared towards children have those fast-paced images designed to keep a child's attention - that may end up shortening their attention span as they get older.
Researchers say the findings support the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations that youngsters under age 2 not watch television.
The study, appearing in the April issue of Pediatrics, was conducted by the Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle and involved 1,345 children who participated in government-sponsored National Health Surveys it's estimated that up to 30% of American households today have the television on all the time and children watch an average of at least two hours of television a day.
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