A recent study from the journal Pediatrics found that "One-year-olds who watched three to four hours of TV had a 30 to 40 percent heightened risk of attention problems compared with children whose parents kept the TV off." (See the abstract.)

How much TV do your children watch? If it interferes with homework or dinner time or if it replaces social or just hang out time, you may want to consider breaking free of TV this week. For ideas on how to do it, check out our links page.

This quote comes from an article titled Paying attention to study on kids, TV, and ADHD: "So the time has come, not just for TV Turn-off Week, which is this week, but TV Jettison Month. Many American homes have a TV for every person, which surely makes it more difficult for family members to know one another as a person. If people want to throw down $3,000 for a home theater to cuddle around, fine. But get the TV sets out of the kids' bedrooms. The statistics all but guarantee that a kid will flip on the latest rerun of "Star Wars" before picking up a book on the solar system."

Posted by Susan at 4/19/2004 03:51:29 PM | Link