Study backs TV limits
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March 3, 2010, Wednesday
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PARENTS who don't let their children watch too much television or sit at the computer for hours have been vindicated by a study that linked excessive "screen" time with troubles relating to other people.
The study's findings, published in the March issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, should reassure parents who feel guilty they are depriving their children of entertainment that their peers are indulging in, lead author Dr Rose Richards of New Zealand's University of Otago said.
"Our findings give some reassurance that it is fine to limit TV viewing," she said. "In fact, it may result in stronger relationships between young people, their friends and their parents."
The study was based on the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study and the Youth Lifestyle Study conducted by the university in the 1980s and then in 2004.
Although the studies were some 16 years apart, the link with family relationships appears to be the same.
"In both studies, we found that high television use, or even high computer use, was related to relationship issues," Richards said.
The study's findings, published in the March issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, should reassure parents who feel guilty they are depriving their children of entertainment that their peers are indulging in, lead author Dr Rose Richards of New Zealand's University of Otago said.
"Our findings give some reassurance that it is fine to limit TV viewing," she said. "In fact, it may result in stronger relationships between young people, their friends and their parents."
The study was based on the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study and the Youth Lifestyle Study conducted by the university in the 1980s and then in 2004.
Although the studies were some 16 years apart, the link with family relationships appears to be the same.
"In both studies, we found that high television use, or even high computer use, was related to relationship issues," Richards said.
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