Peers - Success in establishing friendships is a central issue in development during the early years and depends upon a child’s ability to develop an attitude of negotiation and reciprocity, to regulate emotions and control behaviour appropriately in relation to the peer group. However, simply being with other children is insufficient to create social competence.
2.2.4. Media
Media - The result of several studies support the hypothesis that childhood television viewing may contribute to the development of attention problems and suggest that the effect may be long-lasting. (Landhuis et al, 2007); the hypothesis has been that frequent changes in scenes and content disrupt young children’s ability to sustain attention.
Several studies