{"id":5842,"date":"2015-02-02T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=5842"},"modified":"2015-02-02T09:00:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T14:00:19","slug":"researchers-using-an-ipad-or-smartphone-can-harm-a-toddlers-learning-and-social-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2015\/02\/02\/researchers-using-an-ipad-or-smartphone-can-harm-a-toddlers-learning-and-social-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers: Using an iPad or Smartphone Can Harm a Toddler&#8217;s Learning and Social Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2015\/02\/05\/tablets-and-smartphones-may-affect-social-and-emotional-development-scientists-speculate\/radesky_j\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5857\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/02\/Radesky_J.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny Radesky\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5857\" \/><\/a>Washington Post<\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmc.org\/findaphysician\/PhysicianProfile.php?id=iZynqKSWmqKdpQ==\">Jenny Radesky<\/a>, MD, pediatrics<\/h4>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t\u00a0long before\u00a02-year-old Kyle got his hands on his father\u2019s iPad. He worked with it with an immediate \u2013 almost savant-like \u2013 fluency. His parents were amazed. \u201cWithin 10 minutes, he was mastering it,\u201d dad Fang Chang\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/The-Culture\/Family\/2013\/1020\/Toddlers-on-touch-screens-parenting-the-app-generation\">told<\/a>\u00a0the Christian Science Monitor. \u201cHe knew how to use the home button, how to open apps. It was amazing to us how quickly he was able to use.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Expert quote:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIf these devices become the predominant method to calm and distract young children, will they be able to develop their own internal mechanisms of self-regulation?\u201d the article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2015-01\/bumc-mai013015.php\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2015\/02\/02\/using-an-ipad-or-smartphone-can-harm-a-toddlers-brain-researchers-says\/\">full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post Jenny Radesky, MD, pediatrics It wasn\u2019t\u00a0long before\u00a02-year-old Kyle got his hands on his father\u2019s iPad. He worked with it with an immediate \u2013 almost savant-like \u2013 fluency. His parents were amazed. \u201cWithin 10 minutes, he was mastering it,\u201d dad Fang Chang\u00a0told\u00a0the Christian Science Monitor. \u201cHe knew how to use the home button, how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7398,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[126],"tags":[145],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}