Recently my wife and I were in a restaurant and noticed a young child, in a stroller, perhaps 2 years old, sitting at the next table being "babysat" by an ipad. Of course the parents were also using their screens. Well there was no distracting conversation!
In another recent study (JAMA Pediatr 2019 Jan 28) researchers once again found that, after accounting for household income, maternal education, maternal depression, and parenting style, there were significant associations between more media use at 24 months and lower language and intelligent scores at 36 months and at 60 months. Not really a surprise as evidence has been increasing in recent years
Could this decrease in our general intelligence, our reliance and devices and belief in anything on the Internet leave us open to Russian and other meddling through social media? A form of Internet Dis-Intelligence?
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