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Q: Your organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics, keeps saying that no child should have more than two hours of television and other screen time each day, and children under age 2 should not have any. A: You are quoting the AAP almost correctly: no more than two hours of screen time for any child or adult?

And none for infants and toddlers, who rarely have those chores and need the words of discussion and reading from a live person. To be sure, screen time can have some positive effects. Well-designed media programs for children can stimulate learning. But there are negative effects of video games as well: Fast-paced games have been shown to decrease cognitive control of activities. Violent video games lead to increased aggression, decreased empathy for others, a decrease in prosocial behavior and desensitization to violence.

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Violent games have also been tied to an increase in attention problems. If addiction is defined as a substance or activity having negative effects on family and school, about one in 12 gamers has become addicted to gaming.

There is evidence that screen time is partly responsible for our obesity epidemic. The others are: Eat breakfast seven times per week, eat five helpings of fruits or vegetables each day, have one hour of vigorous physical exercise per day and forget about those sodas and sweetened drinks.

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Viewing smoking and drinking in movies has been shown to cause teenagers to take up cigarettes and alcohol. So a little advice is in order for my questioner: Yes, there are positive effects that can come from viewing media, but you have to work hard to make them happen instead of the negative effects. You can choose not to have a television or a computer in your home. You can carefully control what programs and Internet sites your child is exposed to.

Having the TV and the computer in public parts of the house where you can walk by frequently allows you to monitor what your child is watching. Turn the TV off: The Effect Of Screen Time On Children 25 percent of children who have a TV on constantly in their house have reduced social interactions, decreased play, reduced attentiveness and disrupted cognitive skill development. If forced to say whether positive or negative effects of the media predominate, I, sitting at my computer, would say the negatives win. Lance Chilton, M. Send questions to lancekathy gmail. Other Offers Already a subscriber? Sign In. Already a subscriber?]