More screen time in early childhood might lead to more problems later
University of Canterbury (UC) researchers studied the impacts of screen exposure on early childhood development. Using data from over 6000 children collected from Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest longitudinal study, Growing Up in New Zealand, the researchers assessed children’s screen exposure at 9 months, 2 years, 4 years, 5 years, and 8 years of age. The…