Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Dr. Dennis Rocks!

We are chagrined that we didn't post this link earlier:
Dr. Dennis Rosen weighs in on study in the journal Pediatrics

We have said it before and we will say it again: turn off the teevee!  Television is stimulating to kids, even if they appear zoned out.  There is no reason to have a television set in a young child's bedroom (and we are against television in anyone's bedroom since bedrooms are for sleeping (and possibly for canoodling, but this is sleep therapy, not sex therapy, so we won't go there.))

Recently, Trixie's pre-schooler has fallen asleep while Trixie read to him in his bed.  While this may be because Trixie is really boring and chose excerpts from a medical textbook to read, it still is really a lovely thing to have your child curl into you and be lulled to sleep by the sound of your voice.

Save the tube time for when you are doing something important, like surfing the Internets or updating your Facebook profile.  Bedtime is not screen-time.

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