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Ops! Here comes the controversy. CHICAGO — Doctors 2 parents: Limit kids’ tweeting, texting and keep smartphones, laptops out of bedrooms. The recommendations are bound to prompt eye-rolling and LOLs from many teens but an influential pediatricians group says parents need to know that unrestricted media use can have serious consequences. It’s been linked with violence, cyberbullying, school woes, obesity, lack of sleep and a host of other problems. It’s not a major cause of these troubles, but “many parents are clueless” about the profound impact media exposure can have on their children, said Dr. Victor Strasburger, lead author of the new American Academy of Pediatrics policy
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:56:09 +0000

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