Special to the Director's Cut Blog
By Chris Clackum
New research suggests there's no benefit to letting young children watch television of any type, even those specially packaged, educational DVD's.
In fact, they could actually interfere with the development of a child two years old or younger.
North Carolina mom Jodi McKay is much like moms and dads across the country when it comes to their children watching television.
"We've got three young kids and so the TV does become a babysitter at times, but as much as possible we try to limit the amount of television that they watch," said McKay.
Researchers have long said that attitude is the right one for all children, but a report from children's hospital in Boston suggests watching TV is of no real benefit to toddlers like Jodi McKay's 18-month-old baby girl, Wyatt.
"We found that TV viewing in the first two years of life did not have any benefits or harms relating to childre...