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...eight fewer vocabulary words than infants who stayed away from videos. "We don't have any definitive answers yet as to what effects TV-viewing can have on infants with respect to cognitive outcomes," says Christakis. "But here is what we do know - there is absolutely no benefit to this viewing despite claims that continue to be made by commercial products." (See nine kid foods to avoid...
...While Schmidt's study found no benefit, it ultimately found no negative effect of watching TV. The researcher offers a few reasons: for one, the children in her study reported less time viewing TV and DVDs than previous surveys of the same-age population; it's possible that her study group did not meet the threshold dose of TV exposure that triggered the negative effects found in Christakis' research. Schmidt's study also stopped following the toddlers at age 3; she acknowledges that some cognitive changes may not occur until children are a few years older...
...absolutely need a break to take a shower or make dinner, then the risks are quite low. But if you are doing it because you think it's actually good for your child's brain, then you need to rethink that, because there is no evidence of benefit and certainly a risk of harm at high viewing levels...
...realized that even if I was to become really educated about it, there were still these 12 House masters who would benefit from knowing more about what it means to be a transgender student and what transitioning means,” he explains...
...culture, and our current lack of snow days does an unsatisfactory job of introducing students from warmer climates the institution of the snow day. We expect students from Los Angeles, Florida, and other warm spots to take on the harshness of our winters yet do not allow them the benefit of cancellations that are pillars of elementary and high-school education in New England...