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Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Kosh on July 05, 2005, 01:52:02 am
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4648243.stm



No real surprises here.
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 05, 2005, 03:56:38 am
Interesting thought -

Is it that it damages their brain, or is it that their brain evolves to be better suited to watching TV than interacting with people?
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Fineus on July 05, 2005, 04:30:05 am
In other news, water is wet.
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Turnsky on July 05, 2005, 05:47:00 am
dude, with the crappy shows they put on today... it's like putting draino into your cranium
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Post by: aldo_14 on July 05, 2005, 05:55:09 am
Eh oh!. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142055/)
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Kosh on July 05, 2005, 07:04:15 pm
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Interesting thought -

Is it that it damages their brain, or is it that their brain evolves to be better suited to watching TV than interacting with people?



That and one other reason. It also is completly mindless. Often times children (and some adults) just watch stuff for the sake of watching it.
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Ford Prefect on July 05, 2005, 07:37:29 pm
I'd be willing to bet that excessive TV-watching is also contributing to a shortening attention span.

I'm sorry... what was I talking about?
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Unknown Target on July 05, 2005, 07:53:36 pm
One summer when I was younger I watched TV for the entire three months. When I got back to school, I had trouble doing basic addition/subtraction, and had almost completely forgotten multiplying and division.
So, yea - DER!
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: IceFire on July 05, 2005, 10:09:09 pm
I can't watch TV most of the time...its background noise only.  The Weather Network is usually my channel :)

On occasion I will watch a show...Stargate, Atlantis, Charlie Jade, and Battlestar when they are on.  Thats it.

TV is a useful tool, but its not a babysitter.  Thats the problem.
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Kosh on July 05, 2005, 11:48:06 pm
Some parents have tendencies to use the TV as a babysitter. Not all, but some.
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Carl on July 06, 2005, 03:31:57 am
http://mrtlecture.ytmnd.com/
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Post by: Krackers87 on July 06, 2005, 10:15:13 am
TV BREEDS IDIOTS
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Post by: pyro-manic on July 07, 2005, 06:53:39 pm
I'd quote Bill Hicks, but I've forgotten the line... :o

No surprises though. I don't watch much television at all any more - most of it's too stupid. I'll watch the news, the Simpsons, the odd documentary and a bit of comedy, and that's it.
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: achtung on July 07, 2005, 07:01:17 pm
I watch T.V. in spurts, I'll watch it for a while (about a week) then I'll take about a month or two of just watching new episodes of shows like stargate and the family guy.  Otherwise the rest is crap to me, well with exception of the history channel and the news.
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 07, 2005, 07:07:37 pm
On a side note, apparently there's a correlation between breastfeeding and a higher IQ.
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Post by: Kosh on July 07, 2005, 08:32:00 pm
Seriously?
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Post by: IceFire on July 07, 2005, 10:52:53 pm
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Originally posted by Kosh
Seriously?

Yeah.  I read that report and said the same thing.  But apparently its true.

Breastfeeding, classical music, and a whole bunch of other things influence the IQ level of a developing child.  With the music, even a developing child in the womb actually benefits.  I guess in the last stages before birth, the ears start to work and the brain is nearly to the point where it can start interpreting the sounds.
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Post by: karajorma on July 08, 2005, 02:29:38 am
Breast milk has long been known to be best for the developing child as it contains all kinds of nutrients that can't be found in formula.

I've heard evidence of the "Mozart Effect" before but all experiments seem to show that it's a very short term but real effect.
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Post by: EtherShock on July 10, 2005, 06:55:04 pm
Newton Minnow said, "Television is a vast wasteland."

It was true when he stated it the 60's and is true today. He may have been on the FCC, but he was way ahead of his time with that remark. Most of the programming on the air rots your brain. Now how am I going to change this?
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: aldo_14 on July 11, 2005, 04:13:02 am
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
On a side note, apparently there's a correlation between breastfeeding and a higher IQ.


In the mother or child?
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: karajorma on July 11, 2005, 04:34:37 am
In the father. He gets to watch. :D
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Post by: WMCoolmon on July 11, 2005, 04:39:51 am
Actually, the reason the discussion where I learned that started was because a guy was uncomfortable with a girl "whipping them out", at the dinner table, IIRC.

Plus it's considered bad form to oogle a woman who's breastfeeding a kid. :p

Anyway, it's in the child.
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: karajorma on July 11, 2005, 05:14:53 am
I think you're allowed to ogle your own woman. :p

Besides it's not worth taking the risk of letting your woman know that you're uncomfortable with seeing her breasts. She might just stop showing you them :D
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Cobra on July 11, 2005, 09:30:02 pm
:wtf:

there's loads of educative TV shows out there. of course, i can see idiot parents letting their 4-year-old kids watch R rated movies and shows. Mom and I babysit one of those poor kids for day-care. And, the kid cares more about FRIGGIN' CARS instead of regular 5-year-old kid likes and wants. :(
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Kosh on July 11, 2005, 11:53:15 pm
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there's loads of educative TV shows out there. of course



Do you have any idea how funny that statement is? :lol:
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Cobra on July 12, 2005, 12:45:38 am
no, not really.
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Post by: Ford Prefect on July 12, 2005, 12:47:18 am
Yeah, actually that is pretty funny.
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Krackers87 on July 12, 2005, 01:46:09 am
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Originally posted by Cobra
:wtf:

there's loads of educative TV shows out there. of course, i can see idiot parents letting their 4-year-old kids watch R rated movies and shows. Mom and I babysit one of those poor kids for day-care. And, the kid cares more about FRIGGIN' CARS instead of regular 5-year-old kid likes and wants. :(
Cars rule, what the hell ya talkin bout..

actualy, i know **** all about cars except i want a mazda rx-7 and the maclaren F-1 is damn smexay
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Kosh on July 12, 2005, 01:47:42 am
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Originally posted by Cobra
no, not really.



That's a shame. So I will tell you why that is funny.


Spoiler:
I don't think the word "educative" even exists. The correct word to use was "educational". What makes that statement funny is that this whole thread is about how TV ruins peoples' minds.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on July 12, 2005, 04:31:13 am
W00, new siggy piece.
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: Kosh on July 12, 2005, 02:10:07 pm
:lol:
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Post by: Ford Prefect on July 12, 2005, 02:53:05 pm
Haha, that's right up there with, "from a purely statistical standpoint, Japanese men do have smaller penii on average".
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: EtherShock on July 12, 2005, 05:16:58 pm
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Originally posted by Cobra
there's loads of educative TV shows out there.

:lol:

How much TV do you watch Cobra?
Title: TV "may stunt toddlers' learning"
Post by: phreak on July 13, 2005, 01:05:08 am
Who wants to bet Cobra watches mtv?