Babies who often play with gadgets start talking later.
Gadgets can affect the development of speech and provoke delay, it is reported in researchheld at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
Scientists have observed children aged 6 months to two years for several months, observed how their speech functions developed, and how often the child had access to the phone or tablet parents.
It turned out that children who spent 30 minutes a day with a smartphone had a 40% greater risk of delayed speech development.
At the same time, gadgets do not in any way affect other communication skills of the child, for example, a baby with easily masters body language, sign language, has no problems with social interaction with adults.According to University of Michigan pediatrician professor and pediatric academy member Jenny Padsky, it is undesirable to give a child under 18 months of age in the hands of a gadget. The fact is that up to this age, a child cannot understand the connections that arise between the real world and what he sees on the screen.
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