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Screen time could be limiting language development in toddlers, study finds

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Screen time could be interfering with language development in toddlers. That's according a first-of its-kind Australian study that found the average three-year-old can spend three hours in front of a screen each day.


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By Abbie O'Brien

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Screen time could be interfering with language development in toddlers. That's according a first-of its-kind Australian study that found the average three-year-old can spend three hours in front of a screen each day.


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