Effects of Excessive Television Exposure during Early Childhood

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their child’s room, which can lead to the exposure of unsuitable knowledge at a young age.
For starters, a child who is allowed a television set in their bedroom is more likely to stay awake longer, spending their nights watching television instead sleeping. The constant lack of sleep paired with the extra hours of television watching will cause that child to be more apt to score lower on school tests and also more likely to develop sleeping problems. In a recent study, researchers examined whether or not television watching between ages 6-7 as well as during ages 8-9 affects cognitive development. Their results were calculated from mathematics and reading scores from children at ages 8 and 9. The outcome confirmed a mostly negative trend. “Overall, for math score at ages 8-9, we find that watching TV during ages 6-7 and 8-9 has a negative total effect, mostly due to a large negative effect of TV watching at the younger ages 6–7. For reading score, there is evidence that ...

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