Excessive screen time limits vocabulary of toddlers, experts warn

Children aged two with highest screen use can say significantly fewer words, finds UK government researchExcessive screen time is damaging toddlers’ ability to speak, the government has warned as it prepares to issue advice to parents for the first time on how to manage screen use in under-fives.New research has found that children aged two with the highest screen use – about five hours a day – could say significantly fewer words than those with screen use of about 44 minutes a day. Continue reading...