Children are in the midst of a vast, unplanned experiment, surrounded by digital
technologies that were not available but 5 years ago. At the apex of this boom is the …

The past decade has witnessed a rapid increase in the use of screen media in families, and
infants are exposed to screens at younger ages than ever before. The objective of this …

Language learning takes place in the context of social interactions, yet the mechanisms that
render social interactions useful for learning language remain unclear. This study focuses …

OBJECTIVE: To test the independent association of adult language input, television viewing,
and adult-child conversations on language acquisition among infants and toddlers …

Media form an integral part of children's environments and represent, amongst other
domains, altered sensorimotor experiences. Fine motor skills (FMS) represent a …

In 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a policy statement addressing
media use in children. The purpose of that statement was to educate parents about the …

Objective To determine whether duration and content of media exposure in 6-month-old
infants are associated with development at age 14 months. Design Longitudinal analysis of …

Sesame Street is broadcast to millions of children globally, including in some of the world's
poorest regions. This meta-analysis examines the effects of children's exposure to …

Media permeate our lives and are so omnipresent that we take them for granted and
overlook their impact. Mobile communication devices, the internet, and social networking …

A number of experimental studies have demonstrated the incidental acquisition of a foreign
language by children and adolescents when watching foreign language television. While …