ABSTRACT
Decades of research on educational programming such as Sesame Street and The Electric Company established that television content teaches academic skills to preschool children.1 But is it true that young babies will also learn from looking at screens? If so, what’s the trade-off; what do infants give up when they stare at screens instead of the world around them? When babies do start to use these devices, how can parents bring value to their screen time?
