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Study: Watching TV while eating affects children's language

2021-06-15T03:35:37.500Z


Paris, SANAA A recent French study showed that children who watch TV while eating with their family Paris-Sana A recent French study showed that children who watch TV while eating with the family have a low level of language skills, which is reflected in their interaction and social performance with their surroundings and peers. The study, conducted by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research and published in the journal Scientific Reports, included about 1,500 children fro


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A recent French study showed that children who watch TV while eating with the family have a low level of language skills, which is reflected in their interaction and social performance with their surroundings and peers.

The study, conducted by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research and published in the journal Scientific Reports, included about 1,500 children from the age of two years who were followed up on the development of their language skills until they reached the age of five, with a focus on knowing whether they watched television while eating and the total time they spent watching or using Smart screens and video games.

The researchers found that many vocabulary was negatively affected by children who watched for a long time, compared to others whose viewing times were regulated and their use of computers and other smart screens was reduced.

Jonathan Bernard, the study's lead author, said that watching television during meals suppresses a child's verbal interactions, which reduces the quality and proportion of exchanges between children and adults by distracting them, stressing the importance of verbal interaction between parents and their children while watching television and regulating the viewing time so as not to affect their children's mental development. and linguist.

Source: sena

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