Niko Villamor

Electronic media, particularly Toddlers TV and toddler video have long been criticized for their potential impact on children as the baby university provide knowledge. Although research clearly demonstrates that well-designed, age-appropriate, educational television can be beneficial to children of preschool age, studies on infants and toddlers suggest that these young children may better understand and learn from real-life experiences than they do from video. Moreover, some research suggests that exposure to television during the first few years of life may be associated with poorer cognitive development. Early exposure to age-appropriate programs designed around an educational curriculum is associated with cognitive and academic enhancement, whereas exposure to pure entertainment, and violent content in particular, is associated with poorer cognitive development and lower academic achievement. Parents can take steps to maximize the positive effects of media and minimize the negative effects. Parents can select well-designed, age-appropriate programs and view the programs with their children to maximize the positive effects of educational media.