Children Exposed To Screen Time Essay

Introduction While it is believed by researchers that television can help with some lingual and visual development, children twenty-four months and younger do not receive any benefit from screen time through television. Television causes structural damage to their brain in the frontal lobe, cerebral cortex, and many other parts preventing them from becoming well developed and capable adults. As well as brain damage it also causes behavioral problems and lifestyle changes. Therefore, children under two years old should not exposed to screen time at all during this time period in their life as to not risk damage to their brain and growth as a person into society.

Discussion
First, children under two should not be exposed to television screen time as they do not benefit from it and it causes damage to their brain structure. Studies show that in children that watch four or more hours of television showed anatomical differences in several regions in their brain (Fields, 2015, p. 1). The study Fields presents in his article Watching TV Alters Children’s Brain Structure and Lowers IQ shows the research of neuroscientist in. They took an MRI of the brains of two hundred and ninety children and …show more content…
The brain damage, the potential mental disorders, the overall lessened achievement at school and many other facts support the the claim that children under two years old should not exposed to screen time at all during this time period in their life as to not risk damage to their brain and growth as a person into society. Instead of exposing young children to television parents should allow them to explore their surroundings, read to them, sleep, interact with them, play with toys, and watch the real world around them. Parents will find that these activities are more beneficial to their child at the time and later in