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Should Your Baby / Toddler Play on iPads or other Screens?

What do you do when you just have to get something done? You have laundry, dishes, and other chores that sometimes just can’t wait. As the old saying goes, dinner’s not gonna cook itself!

So how do you keep your baby or toddler entertained while you complete the task that can’t wait? It seems that more and more lately parents are allowing their kids to be entertained by screens in restaurants, in stores, in cars, and in homes as a way to keep kids entertained and quiet.

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association of Pediatrics may cause parents to rethink this strategy. This study included more than 7000 children and found that babies exposed to more screen time at one year of age are likely to demonstrate developmental delays by ages two and four.

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