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+-   Constant TV is bad for babies-> on Monday June 01 2009, @09:34PM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 01 2009, @09:34PM
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An anonymous reader writes "Having the television on constantly in a household with infants and toddlers is bad for brain and language development because it reduces the number of words the kids hear and say.

"Audible television clearly reduces speech for both infants and their caregivers within the home and this is potentially harmful for babies' development," said Dimitri Christakis, a professor of paediatrics with the University of Washington in Seattle, who led the study."

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