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media & children

Amy’s Worst Parenting Moments

April 24, 2009

Earlier this week, I posted a link to a Wall Street Journal article entitled “Bad Parents & Proud Of It“. It was about the “glorification” of bad parenting mistakes and how TV shows, web sites and books are profiting from sharing bad parenting moments.
I promised I would share a few of my worst parenting moments [...]

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Too much TV linked to higher asthma

March 4, 2009

Children who watch more than 2 hours of TV per day have twice the risk of developing asthma British researchers reported yesterday.  Asthma effects more than 300 million people worldwide and is the most common children’s chronic illness.  Symptoms of asthma include wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing and chest tightness.
A study in the british journal [...]

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Television and Young Children

February 28, 2009

There is a study that was recently published in the journal Child Development that may be of interest to parents with young children. The previous belief was that if young children (ages 1-3 in this study) were playing in a room with the television on, that they would not be distracted if the show was [...]

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