This Is A Rather Important And Cautionary Story - To Say The Least!

This appeared last week:Parents are snubbing their infants in favour of digital devices according to leading WA paediatricianEXCLUSIVE, Katie Hampson | The West Australian Wednesday, 4 April 2018 4:00AMBabies are missing key developmental milestones because their parents are glued to digital devices at times when they should be interacting with their infants, a leading WA paediatrician says.Joondalup Health Campus paediatrics head Desiree Silva said the $26 million Origins Project was investigating the impact of electronics on a child ’s health as part of a decade-long study of how a child’s environment influenced their risk of chronic health problems.“Social interaction from an early age is changing and we are finding that some babies at six weeks of age are not smiling ... and smiling at six weeks old is a key milestone,” Professor Silva said. “What we’ve noticed is a lot of parents are holding their phone or iPad and not actually looking at their child. What worries us, as... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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