I just read an article online from msn.com about TV and if there is a link to ADHD. It says that that TV affects children's ability to concentrate and pay attention. Kinda scary because I let my kids watch TV in the morning. Playhouse Disney and Nick Jr. is our morning choice of TV programming. My kids love "Little Einstein", "My Friends Tigger and Pooh", "Dora the Exporer", and "Yo Gabba Gabba". So its about 2 hours worth of TV in the morning. Then I have them watch good ole "Sesame Street". Yeah, I guess thats too much. I did talk to few moms at church and some let their kids watch TV all day. But they only let them watch Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel. I usually sometimes let my kids watch a DVD, a kid one like "Curious George" the movie. My son gets that glazed look when he watches, he can be a couch potatoe. Its kinda scary sometimes when I call him and he doesn't respond after 3 times. Here's the article for TV and ADHD:
I noticed my daughter who is 4, usually gets bored from TV shows after 15 minutes and leaves to play with her toys. She does not like to read or have us read to her as often as her brother. My son loves to be read to. He loves to open books and look at the pictures and I can hear him sometimes pretending to read outloud. I bought my kids the Bob Books, to help them to read. Its simple reading and repetitive. I did not like to read when I was kindergarten age, my wife, my opposite, loved to read. She still does. Maybe thats why shes so smart. My wife and I try to read to our kids everyday. We borrow books at the library. Our kids get excited because its a novelty thing. New books, yayy!
Believe it or not our kids are much smarter than we were and they are learning faster and better because of improved education and teaching methods. I really gotta get on the ball in educating my kids more than letting Mr. TV teach them. On that same article mentioned above it said to continue to teach your child the subject or object that was displayed. Like on "Sesame Street" if the letter of the day was "M". Continue to help your kid understand words that start with "M" and point out objects at home, like "mat", "man".
