Every week new movies, games, websites, TV shows, books and music are released into the wild. As parents, we want our kids to see some of these shows and read some of these books, but it’s difficult to know if they’re age appropriate. Common Sense Media was created to solve the problem of knowing what’s [...]
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Researchers Found That Background TV Could Hinder Learning
photo credit: smudie Researchers are encouraging parents to turn off the television when toddlers are in the room, particularly when it’s only being used as background noise. Researchers observed 50 kids aged 1 to 3 at play in a room for an hour: half the time was television-free, and half the time the TV show [...]
U.S. Government Starts Mailing $40 Coupons for the Purchase of TV Converter Boxes
Not only do you want your MTV, it’s also your constitutional right. Okay, maybe that’s taking it a bit too far, but the U.S. government believes it’s your right. First they made a law — no doubt influenced by heavy lobbying — that requires all broadcasters to move to high definition (HD). However, in doing [...]
