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This of course has nothing to do with the Microwave Radiation either!! Touchscreen use by toddlers linked to poor sleep patterns
United Kingdom Created: 17 Apr 2017
Three quarters of children aged six months to three years use a touchscreen device every day
The more time toddlers spend using touchscreen devices, the more likely they are to have sleep problems, a new study has found.
Three quarters of children aged between six months and three years in the UK use devices such as an iPad or smartphone every day, according to researchers at Birkbeck, University of London and King’s College London.
Light emitted by electronic screens has been shown to lower levels of the sleep-regulating hormone melatonin in adults – and this could also be the case for young children, said Tim Smith, a psychology lecturer who carried out the study.
“Parents are wondering what the potential impact might be on their children, but the technology is such a recent introduction into family life that the science isn’t really there to inform parents, or give them guidelines on how they should be using them.”
He added: “We didn’t have a daily diary in the study, so we didn’t know exactly when the children are using the devices, but the total time they used the device during the day was associated with these sleep differences.”
The study also revealed positive impacts of touchscreen use among toddlers, including improvements to motor skills that meant they were able to stack blocks earlier.
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Source: Katie Forster the Independent

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