JOURNAL- Child and adolescent

Influence of Screen Time in Infancy/Toddlerhood and Early Childhood Screen time, the amount of time spent interacting with television, computers, mobile devices, and video games, is a concern for many parents in industrialized nations. “Average screen time increases from 55 minutes per day at 6 months to just under 1 ½ hours per day at age 2” (Berk, 2022, p. 206). The overwhelming majority of young children in the industrialized world (over 90 percent) have access to a television, computer and one or more mobile devices, usually smartphones but also tablets, with access to the Internet (Berk, 2022, p. 342). In at least 250 words, please respond to the following: Which screen media were you exposed to growing up and at what age did you acquire it/them? What advice would you give the typical U.S. parent about permitting an infant or toddler to watch as much as 1 to 1½ hours of TV or video per day? What are the pros and cons of young children’s (ages 2–6 years) exposure to screen media (television, computers, mobile devices, and video games)? How are cognitive skills such as memorization or critical thinking affected by our ability to gather facts at the click of a button? BOOK: Infants, Children, and Adolescents Laura E. Berk