Does Using Screens To Calm Children Affect Their Thinking Skills?

India, July 14 -- A new study by The Ohio State University researchers found that using screens to calm young children does not affect every child in the same way.

To better understand this connection, researchers analyzed data from Project M.E.D.I.A., a long-term study by Brigham Young University that followed children from the age of 21/2 to 71/2 years. They explored three possibilities - whether using screens to calm children affects their thinking skills, whether children's thinking skills influence how often parents use screens, or whether both influence each other over time.

The findings, published in the Journal of Communication, showed that, for most children, both factors worked together. Children who were harder to calm were mor...