Letting infants watch tablets and TV may be impairing their academic achievement and emotional well-being later on, according to a new study.
"Though these cognitive processes naturally develop from infancy through adulthood, they are also impacted by the experiences that we have and when we have them in our development," said Chiappini, who was not involved in the study, in an email. Further research needs to be done, however, to determine if the screen time caused the impairments in executive function or if there are other factors in the child's environment that predispose them to both more screen time and poorer executive functioning, the study noted.
For example, you can give a young child options for what they can do when they are mad, like taking a break or breathing deeply instead of inappropriate behaviors like hitting, Harrison said.