Toddler Research Paper

Toddlers and Co-Viewing Parents With Electronics
Some people would strongly recommend outdoor and play date time for their toddlers to develop necessary motor and problem solving skills. Most of these parents would also highly refuse to put their toddler in front of educational television or current technology. Parents should participate in their children’s learning and information intake despite the path taken for education. Toddlers have a greater advantage with technology when there is a participating parent or adult to help them understand the concepts they are being exposed to.
Some parents expect to be able to put their child in front of anything on television and them be able to understand and comprehend what is actually happening
“Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed their position that children under age 2 should not engage in any screen time, yet the data shows infants and toddlers are growing up surrounded by screens” (Common Sense Media). Now the frying of the brain may be true if the television time is not monitored by a parent or guardian, the program being watched is a factor as well. Many would just throw their child into a daycare or preschool to develop their child’s motor and problem solving skills which may not always be the answer. “A review of the available tests for children within the age range of 18 months to 5 years revealed the lack of a tool to systematically monitor balance” (De Kegel 843). The last quoted statement was out of a survey taken of children between the ages of 18 months to 5 years who attended a preschool or daycare. In a sense; every child develops differently because not all fell into the “lacking” category. So any toddler can or cannot develop a positive intake of information from education
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