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TV EVEN DAMAGES INFANT MINDS

"We found that watching television before the age of 3 increases the chances that children will develop attentional problems at age 7," says study author Dr. Dimitri Christakis.

I suspect that a major part of the problem is a lack of creative alternatives, such as attentive parents. Teletubbies and the rest of that vast wasteland is a pitiful substitute for what is lacking in those new lives.

[TV-Turnoff Week this year is April 19-25.]