Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Screen panic














Journalists have latched on to Aric Sigman's polemic about the health risks of screen time on young children with gusto, even though it's widely acknowledged that negative effects are only 'possible'. The best response is buried in this report, in which Dorothy Bishop observes that 'His comments about impact of screen time on brain development and empathy seem speculative in my opinion, and the arguments that he makes could equally well be used to conclude that children should not read books.' So, maybe this isn't the end of civilization as we know it, we're not all going to hell in a hand cart. Let's here it for Peppa Pig!

2 comments:

Aigburthvale said...

Gosh, I really want to pick that pencil up and take it back to class...

Guy Merchant said...

Hi-how you doing? You can have it!!