Babies and Computers Cincinnati OH

Babies Milk Fund Bmf Pediatric Care
513-861-7313
400 Martin Luther King Dr E
Cincinnati, OH

Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Inst
513-636-4751
3333 Burnet Ave
Cincinnati, OH

Anthony Munoz NFL Alumni Pediatric Cntr
513-241-6353
270 Southern Ave
Cincinnati, OH

Monfort Heights Family Clinic
513-253-0331
5177 N Bend Road
Cincinnati, OH

k notes, LLC
513-884-0849
Delivery Vendor
Cincinnati, OH

k notes, LLC
513-884-0849
4473 Homelawn Ave
Cincinnati, OH

Pediatric Care Inc
513-931-6357
8250 Winton Rd
Cincinnati, OH

Springdale-Mason Pediatrics
513-771-1613
11360 Springfield Pike
Cincinnati, OH

Bawa Parul MD
513-771-1613
11360 Springfield Pike
Cincinnati, OH

Treehouse Kids Co
513-671-7750
863 Cincinnati Mills Dr Ste B157
Cincinnati, OH

By Linda Henry

Here's how it starts: You say to yourself, "Why don't I just quickly
check my e-mail while I feed the baby?" In the midst of things, your
baby's little feet strike the keyboard. Suddenly the screen changes and
your little guy abandons the breast or bottle in favor of the tiny
pictures floating in a blue sky, or the brightly colored lines that
move in on themselves in an endless pattern.

Your baby is interested in the same things you are. Like you, he
wants to tap the keyboard and see what happens. Of course, it didn't
take long for software manufacturers to tap into this market. Knowledge
Adventure created JumpStart Baby, which is aimed at infants from 6
months to 2 years. The company calls it "lapware," since it's designed
for babies who are sitting on a parent's lap at the computer.

"Educational" software for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers
introduces concepts such as shapes, colors, counting, and the alphabet.
The problem, says Michael Rich, M.D., a pediatrician at Children's
Hospital in Boston, is that since a baby isn't interacting with the
computer, neurologically the brain is in a passive state. The same goes
for a child watching television. Since neural connections are made
during the first two years of life through live interactions with
caregivers, the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that
children under age 2 should not watch any TV. Dr. Rich sees no
difference between a parent clicking a mouse and a Hollywood producer
creating a TV program: Both result in images on a screen that are
passively received.

If you're going to let your kids play on the computer, Dr. Rich
suggests that you play along with them, and judge for yourself the
nature and quality of "interactivity". Set a time limit. Toddlers
should spend no more than 20 minutes at the computer. Time can be
increased as the child gets older, but balance sedentary activity with
larger doses of exercise and live interaction. Especially during the
first two years of life, nothing's more important than relating to
interactive humans.

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