A new study confirming what was already known

[conuly]

Young children don't learn new words from TV.

(And yes, that includes TV as "background noise" - what that seems to do is prevent children from fully focusing on the world around them, again, keeping them from learning to their full potential. Just because your kid is playing while the TV is on all day, as some people claim, does not mean it's harmless.)

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[silantro.livejournal.com]

I don't know about when I was really young, but when I was 4-5-6 or so, my dad used to make me watch television on mute with captions on to help me practice my reading skills. Sadly, I watched a lot less television when I was a kid than I do now, though. So many wasted hours...