{"id":83412,"date":"2026-01-11T09:24:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83412"},"modified":"2026-01-11T09:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:24:32","slug":"toddlers-who-stay-glued-to-smartphones-and-tv-for-five-hours-a-day-say-fewer-words-research-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/11\/toddlers-who-stay-glued-to-smartphones-and-tv-for-five-hours-a-day-say-fewer-words-research-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddlers who stay glued to smartphones and TV for five hours a day say fewer words, research finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1TXYwB.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\"New government research has shown that children who use their smartphones or watch TV for longer than five hours a day say fewer words\u00a0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parents are being warned not to let their toddlers stay glued to screens, as researchers find children who use the devices for five or more hours say fewer words.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/familyhealth\/toddlers-who-stay-glued-to-smartphones-and-tv-for-five-hours-a-day-say-fewer-words-research-finds\/ar-AA1TXON6?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=a56fb43c6e954777e6358c8b5be131fe&amp;ei=21\">\u00a0 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Parents are being warned not to let their toddlers stay glued to screens, as researchers find children who use the devices for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/child-watching-tv.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83413,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83412\/revisions\/83413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}