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Since she was two, my older daughter has turned the TV off if she’s not watching it. She complains that when it’s on “she has to watch it.” I know the feeling — a noisy TV is almost impossible to ignore.
A recent small study involving 50 parent/toddler pairs found that when a TV is on, parents spend about 20 percent less time talking or playing with their children. “”Given that high-quality parent-child interaction plays an important role in children’s development, the study challenges the common assumption that background TV doesn’t affect very young children if they don’t look at the screen,” study authors wrote in a press release.
This is usually how hide and seek goes in my house, as my kid likes to hide in the same place (in the bed) everytime. Actually, it’s not really Hide and Seek at all but me pretending to seek, then pretending to get tired and taking a nap on the bed (aka my daughter) while the bed giggles and I continually tell the bed to hush up.
Anywho, these kids have mastered speed Hide and Seek. The Key? No furniture.
The “amazing” video after the jump.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has called for Kolcraft, major child product manufacturer marketing under such brands as names as Carter’s, Sesame Street, Jeep, Contours, Care Bear and Eric Carle, to recall a million play yards. This comes after Kolcraft self-initiated a recall of nearly a half million units after a 10-month-old child strangled to death in one of their products in 2007.
The company itself is somewhat a symbol for questionable child safety. Kolcraft made its name in the 1940′s when founder Leo Koltun invented the bumper pad. Today the bumper pad is considered a hazardous for its connection to strangulation and possibly SIDS.
For the full recall announcement, go here.
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