On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 09:15:28AM +0530, ss wrote: > Maybe my own "use-by" date has passed - but I tend to worry about the idea of > excessively exposing children under 4 to any electronic screen with info - be > it TV or a computer. "What does "excessive" mean? IMO any exposure is
We don't have a TV. The computer part is entirely due to his own initiative, and he specifically wants to press keys and see the letters appear on the screen (he knows most of the letters by now), and listen to audio (though he prefers the CD player). > excessive before age 4. I would put excessive at over an hour/day. Notice that this is not a garden-variety Nintendo but a device like http://www.amazon.com/Leapster-L-MAX-Hardware-TV-Feature/dp/B0008FUCYQ/ While not a Young Lady's Illustrated primer it's certainly a tiny step on the way there. > We are still animals and there is a wild world out there and they must learn > the sensory and motor skills to live in that wild world. He is getting plenty of that. The world is no longer entirely material though, so some early exposure to that shouldn't hurt. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
