During this phase, parents and caregivers play a pivotal role in nurturing the child’s linguistic skills where the journey from babbling and using random words to coherent speech is not only a ...

The toddlers were evaluated based on parent-reported surveys of screen use, shared media engagement, book exposure, language skills, and developmental milestones. IANS New Delhi: Increased exposure to ...

Watching videos and TV negatively affects language development in toddlers. The corresponding study was published in Acta Paediatrica. While digital media may be useful for connecting with relatives ...

A collaboration of researchers from 20 nations has found that toddlers exceed recommended screen time limits, with television and smartphones being the most frequently used devices. Higher screen ...

In short: The average three-year-old could be missing out on hundreds of opportunities to talk to their parents each day thanks to modern screen use, Australian researchers have found. However experts ...

According to a recent study, toddlers who frequently engage with screens may face setbacks in their language development. Toddlers aged 17 to 30 months spend nearly two hours daily watching videos, ...

A recent study has found that increased exposure to screens such as television and smartphones can lead to lower language development skills in toddlers. The study was published in the journal PLOS ...

Two-year-old Saoirse loves the outdoors and so her mum, Sophie, regularly takes her her to open-air playgroups. Keeping her daughter occupied indoors is the challenge. "When I keep her at home and she ...

A new study from SMU psychologist Sarah Kucker and colleagues reveals that passive video use among toddlers can negatively affect language development, but their caregiver's motivations for exposing ...

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open explores how tablet use by toddlers with poor language development is influenced by interference with joint attention. In this process, two people focus ...