My landlord brought this down for me to read, I just thought maybe some of you girls would find this interesting and possibly kinda like helpful...It was in "ladies home journal"...

"is tv toxic?"

"the average toddler watches two to three hours of tv a day, and it turns out that's two or three hours too many. In the first study to look at the effects of tv on toddlers attention spans, researchers at childrens hospital and regional medical center, in seattle, found that each hour of tv watched daily by a child 12 months to 3 years increased the risk of attention span problems, such as adhd, by age 7. According to the study the rapid change of images on the screen- the very thing that keeps kids engaged- overstimulates them at a critical phase of brain developement. And educational programing doesnt get off the hook either. "during the first two to three years of life the brain is being fine-tuned," explains dimitri a. Christakis, m.D., the lead researcher ont the study. "and, in contrast to the way real life unfolds, tv can portray rapidly changing scenes and condition a toddlers brain to expect this fast pace" -written by lambeth hochwald