Limiting Kids’ Screen Time Improves Cognition, Study Finds

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By Julie Fidler

Stop the educational YouTube videos! Well, maybe not those, but if you really want to improve your kids’ cognitive abilities, you should actually limit the amount of time they spend in front of televisions, computers, tablets, and smartphones, and make sure they get ample sleep, according to a study by Canadian researchers.

In looking at more than 4,500 children in the U.S. between the ages of 8 and 11, researchers found that the average American child gets 3.6 hours of screen time a day, an amount associated with inferior cognitive development and academic performance.

The team used the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines …read more

Source: naturalsociety.com

    

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