General Discussion

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)

8. Hm. It doesn't say which programs the kids were watching

Fri Feb 14, 2014, 06:56 PM

Feb 2014

I have no doubt watching too much crappy tv does that. When I was a kid, however, the TV was how I learned to read by age 3 because my mom made sure I was only watching educational programs. The article doesn't mention what type of tv programs the kids are watching.
Still, it's interesting they didn't notice any problems until 2 hrs and 52 min. So UP to that time is okay. So almost 3 hours is okay, but more than that is BAD. I think the headline is a tad misleading. It SHOULD say OVER 3 hours of tv a day....
Still, we are big tv watchers and I only had 1 kid who would actually sit still long enough to watch tv for that many hours a day. Most kids are too busy to actually sit and WATCH...many are playing while the tv is on and that's not the same thing, IMO.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

18 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Children who watch three hours of TV a day could be left educationally stunted [View all] Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 OP

I think I watched more than that as a preschooler. LiberalArkie Feb 2014 #1

+ 1 no_hypocrisy Feb 2014 #11

I watched a heck more than that.. HipChick Feb 2014 #2

probably not (nt) bigwillq Feb 2014 #3

Especially if the television in on Fox News. Shoulders of Giants Feb 2014 #4

what if they watch more than 3 hours ? also does it matter what they watch ? JI7 Feb 2014 #5

and if it's Disney Jr, the parents will be ready to jump off the roof after 3 hours as well NightWatcher Feb 2014 #6

omg so true, LOL. nt laundry_queen Feb 2014 #9

not if they watched Free Speech TV B Calm Feb 2014 #7

Hm. It doesn't say which programs the kids were watching laundry_queen Feb 2014 #8

Ok solved it... Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #10

Yeah, I did catch that part but it doesn't say laundry_queen Feb 2014 #14

I think it's a statistical artifact of the fact that poor people tend to watch more tv. El_Johns Feb 2014 #12

only if they're watching... one_voice Feb 2014 #13

3 hours a day is a lot hugo_from_TN Feb 2014 #15

That doesn't seem like that much. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #16

Yeah, and that seems like way, way, too mucn hugo_from_TN Feb 2014 #17

Child abuse disguised as entertainment. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #18