Contrary to popular headlines, recent studies don’t support the idea that TV causes a learning lag in babies.

Instead, the research suggests something rather different--

that TV is linked with slower language acquisition because TV time tends to displace conversation time between babies and adults.

Several correlational studies have shown a link between TV and speech in babies. The more time babies spend watching television, the more slowly they learn to talk. What’s going on?

Some people conclude that the effects of television on children are direct and negative. According to this view, television is noxious, like cigarette smoke. But whereas cigarettes damage the lungs, television damages the mind. Watching TV makes you (quite literally) dumb. But why should this be the case?

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