We don't let DS watch TV at all (even when we are visiting our relatives). We just turn it off except when he is sleeping. Well, I admit that TV is a convenient tool because whenever it's on, DS just stares at it.
The Academy of American Pediatrics once advised that no child under age two should watch television at all, for its alleged link to ADHD in later life (due to the nature of TV - rapidly changing images). I guess the effects of TV on children will be debated forever, but since DS is already a high-need very distractible and energetic baby, so we adopt the precautionary principle.
At least two of my friends/relatives do think that TV is the "only" way to make their "hyperactive" (their term) toddlers sit still for a while, so that the parents can "take a breath" (they have let their children watch TV since very young babies). I don't know whether the chicken or the egg came first.
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