TV: SHRINKING KIDS’ BRAINS
Organic Consumers Org have an article which reviews three new studies in this month’s issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine showing that the more time children spend watching television, the poorer they perform academically. One study was conducted at John Hopkins University, another in New Zealand, and a third at the University of Washington, wherein, over the course of a decade, 1,800 children participated in the study. Researchers found television leading to poor cognitive development, while access to a computer at home resulted in increased academic performance. Link