{"id":91386,"date":"2026-06-29T06:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=91386"},"modified":"2026-06-29T06:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:29:16","slug":"screen-time-can-damage-under-twos-development-landmark-study-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/29\/screen-time-can-damage-under-twos-development-landmark-study-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Screen time can damage under-twos\u2019 development, landmark study suggests"},"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\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA26F2Ez.img?w=768&h=614&m=6\" alt=\"Screen time can reduce babies\u2019 opportunities for physical play and bonding with caregivers and limit language development, researchers said. Photograph: dvulikaia\/Getty Images\" width=\"715\" height=\"572\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Screen time for babies and toddlers under the age of two has been linked with long-term negative effects on health and quality of life and should be avoided, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1001criticaldays.com\/article\/screen-time-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">landmark study<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/screen-time-can-damage-under-twos-development-landmark-study-suggests\/ar-AA26FBSS?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a420ecbdee74942b0dbf537082638aa&ei=33\">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>Screen time for babies and toddlers under the age of two has been linked with long-term negative effects on health and quality&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/screen-time1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91386","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=91386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91388,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91386\/revisions\/91388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}