So, there was a study a few weeks ago that should come as no surprise... Children who spend more than 2 hours a day in front of the screen (i.e. TV or computer) are more likely to experience psychological difficulties. (http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/10/11/screen-kids-psychological-problems.html ). Does that surprise you?? Nope, doesn't surprise me either! So, they are now suggesting that we should limit the amount of time children spend in front of screens... Hard to do when kids are working more and more on the computer at school nowadays... And 2 hours/day seems kind of low!!! Given how much time we can end up spending in front of the computer and/or the TV...
Which makes me wonder... if TV and computer are having that sort of an effect on children... what sort of an effect is it having on adults? What sort of effect is it having on us? Because, let's face it, a lot of us do spend the whole day in front of a computer screen and then we come home and spend more time in front of the TV or the computer... All that screen-time must be having an impact on us as well... We just don't know what it is... We might even think it has no effect on us... but it probably does... we are just oblivious to it...
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