Quoted: An app that teaches your kid his ABCs isn?t the same as a television cartoon, but the AAP is probably right to be conservative with its advice. ?Researchers know almost nothing about the impact of touchscreen technology on young children,? says Heather Kirkorian, an assistant professor of human development and family studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who is trying to find some answers. ?Our society is running a large-scale experiment with real children in the real world, and we won?t know the impact, if any, for many years to come.?
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