
Is Brief Screen Exposure Really That Bad For Newborns Or Babies? Read This.
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Background TV shows or dancing fruit videos often bring new parents a few moments of sanity. Here's what child development experts think.
We’ve all had our baby FaceTime with grandma and grandpa, shown them a captivating contrast video of dancing fruit (if you know, you know), or cuddled them while we’re unwinding over a TV show after dinner.
Then we hear about parents who are completely against any sort of screen time for their infants. And of course, there are the news reports about how detrimental screen time is for babies.
Should parents actually worry about these kinds of screen exposures when their baby is between 0 to 1 year of age? How about when they’re between 1 to 2 years old?
HuffPost asked two child development experts to share their thoughts. Here’s what to know:
How long do child development experts think babies should avoid screens?

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