Media and Young Minds

By David J. Hill, N. Ameenuddin, Yolanda Reid Chassiakos, Corinn Cross, Jenny S. Radesky, Jeffrey Hutchinson, R. Boyd, R. Mendelson, M. Moreno, Justin Smith and 1 more. Pediatrics, 2016

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Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers are now growing up in environments saturated with a variety of traditional and new technologies, which they are adopting at increasing rates. Although there has been much hope for the educational potential of interactive media for young children, accompanied by fears about their overuse during this crucial period of rapid brain development, research in this area still remains limited. This policy statement reviews the existing literature on television, videos, and mobile/interactive technologies; their potential for educational benefit; and related health concerns for young children (0 to 5 years of age). The statement also highlights areas in which pediatric providers can offer specific guidance to families in managing their young children’s media use, not only in terms of content or time limits, but also emphasizing the importance of parent–child shared media use and allowing the child time to take part in other developmentally healthy activities.

Subfields: Communication, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Impact of parents mobile device use on parent-child interaction: A literature review (2017, background): “Considering the complexity of device use and the possibility of mobile phone addiction (Kuss & Griffiths, 2011; Radesky et al., 2016) guiding parents to unplug is not realistic.”
Associations between screen time and lower psychological well-being among children and adolescents: Evidence from a population-based study (2018, background): “…organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to recommend that parents limit children's daily screen time, with specific time limits for preschool children and a general suggestion of limiting time on screens for older children and adolescents (Radesky and Christakis, 2016).”
Smartphones and Cognition: A Review of Research Exploring the Links between Mobile Technology Habits and Cognitive Functioning (2017, background): “Despite widely publicized recommendations (AAP Council on Communications and Media, 2016a,b), we know very little about the most appropriate age for a child to begin using a smartphone, and we know equally little about the consequences of using one too early in life.”
Associations between child mobile use and digital parenting style in Hungarian families (2019, result): “In contrast to the professional recommendations to discourage or prohibit digital media use in children under the age of 2 (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2016; 2018), more than one-third of the children between the ages of 1 and 2 in our sample were reported to have started MTSD use.”