*nods* The best argument I have heard for letting a baby watch TV in small doses is that some babies will be distracted by it such that it will allow the parent a bit of time to rest and restore their sanity or to safely run to the bathroom or similar. If this works, I totally get that. Parenting can be very difficult, and I'm not going to get upset at every trade-off. Just as it might be best to make one's own bread from scratch, but I totally understand why people might buy less healthful and less tasty store bought bread.
But I would prefer people not try to pretend that it is somehow inherently good or not something done simply out of a need for some other benefit. Babies can't process TV the way children and adults can, so they can't learn from it. It is not equivalent to letting your child watch Sesame Street (which can actually be beneficial as kids can learn stuff from it). But I also don't expect any parent to do the ideal thing for a child every single moment of a child's life.
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Date: 2011-04-04 02:56 am (UTC)But I would prefer people not try to pretend that it is somehow inherently good or not something done simply out of a need for some other benefit. Babies can't process TV the way children and adults can, so they can't learn from it. It is not equivalent to letting your child watch Sesame Street (which can actually be beneficial as kids can learn stuff from it). But I also don't expect any parent to do the ideal thing for a child every single moment of a child's life.