Handing your baby a phone or tablet to play with may seem like a harmless solution when you're busy, but it could quickly affect their development, a new study has found.
Having anywhere from one to four hours of screen time per day at age 1 is linked with higher risks of developmental delays in communication, fine motor, problem-solving and personal and social skills by age 2, according to a study of 7,097 children"It's a really important study because it has a very large sample size of children who've been followed for several years," said Dr.
Those who had spent four or more hours with screens were 4.78 times more likely to have underdeveloped communication skills, 1.74 times more likely to have subpar fine motor skills and two times more likely to have underdeveloped personal and social skills by age 2. By age 4, risk remained only in the communication and problem-solving categories.
"Also, passive screen viewing that doesn't have an interactive or physical component, children are more likely to be sedentary and then aren't able to practice motor skills," Nagata said. In the latest research, mothers of children with high levels of screen time were more likely to be younger, have never given birth before, have a lower household income, have a lower education level and have postpartum depression.The study does have limitations. Due to social desirability bias — wanting to say the "right" or socially acceptable thing — parents may underreport their child's screen time and overreport how their child is doing developmentally, experts said.
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