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Arianna's avatar

We've been on a Ms. Rachel kick lately (Songs for Littles on YouTube). Our 13 month old is obsessed (yes, yes, we're definitely above that no screen time limit for his age, oh well). A quick plug is it's the one show I've found that's really age appropriate before age 2. It's mainly singing and and learning words - and my kid literally SMILES the entire time while watching. It's like a very bare-bones Sesame Street.

Nice to read about the benefits of co-watching. We usually watch with him and encourage singing and dancing along. We continue to use the songs and words outside of the show and have noticed he has learned some with the reinforcement from us.

Thanks for the article - nice to see some research to support that it's not the end of the world to do some screen time.

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Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD's avatar

This is such an amazing summary of a topic that there is a LOT of research on! I agree with the conclusion that it really matters what screen time is replacing for young children and that content really matters!

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