then quality does not rest, within the lotus just as well as within the dung heap?
----- Original Message ---- From: Louise Pryor <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, February 10, 2010 4:02:30 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Media As Epistemology and what it means for Truth A Statement released by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 12-1-06 "Pediatricians should urge parents to avoid television viewing for children under the age of 2 years. Although certain television programs may be promoted to this age group, research on early brain development shows that babies and toddlers have a critical need for direct interactions with parents and other significant caregivers (eg, child care providers) for healthy brain growth and the development of appropriate social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Therefore, exposing such young children to television programs should be discouraged." "A study from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that watching videos as a toddler may lead to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD, also called ADD in UK) in later life. TV watching "rewires" an infant’s brain, says Dr. Dimitri A. Christakis lead researcher and director of the Child Health Institute at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Wash. The damage shows up at age 7 when children have difficulty paying attention in school. "In contrast to the way real life unfolds and is experienced by young children, the pace of TV is greatly sped up." says Christakis. His research appears in the April 2004 issue of Pediatrics. Quick scene shifts of video images become "normal," to a baby "when in fact, it’s decidedly not normal or natural." Christakis says. Exposing a baby’s developing brain to videos may overstimulate it, causing permanent changes in developing neural pathways. "Also in question is whether the insistent noise of television in the home may interfere with the development of ‘inner speech’ by which a child learns to think through problems and plans and restrain impulsive responding," wrote Jane Healy, psychologist and child brain expert in the magazine’s commentary. " Lu says: And regardless of this research by the AAP, 60% of children under 2 have a TV in their bedroom. I have been gathering research over the years that we have been TV-Free, and it just boggles my mind that people just don't care! Oh, but the (insert favorite channel/show here) is good! It's not good. Not ANY of it, worst of all are the shows that make you think they're good - at the pinnacle of the badness is religious programming, then come nature shows - which make you think you know something about nature - but merely show you someone else's slant on nature (i.e.. Disneys' lies about Lemmings), next are scientific shows, and on down we go... "*You" won't agree with me, but I DON"T CARE! "*Your" brain is putrefying under the tender ministrations of the idiot box. Lu *if you do agree with me, then you are not included in this "*you". Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
