It's official! Too much TV is bad for your child's school work!
It's official! Too much TV is bad for your child's school work!
- If you limit the amount of time your kids spend on the computer or in front of the TV, they are likely to perform better in school, have better sleep, behave better and have lower risk of obesity. ‘As screen time goes up, school performance goes down, but that does not happen overnight. If I watch a lot of TV today, I do not get bad marks in my class tomorrow,’ said Douglas Gentile, an associate professor of psychology at Iowa State University.
- If you limit the amount of time your kids spend on the computer or in front of the TV, they are likely to perform better in school, have better sleep, behave better and have lower risk of obesity. ‘As screen time goes up, school performance goes down, but that does not happen overnight. If I watch a lot of TV today, I do not get bad marks in my class tomorrow,’ said Douglas Gentile, an associate professor of psychology at Iowa State University.
