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Screen Time For Kids Under Two. Opposing Views?

The two articles below seem to be drawing from the same American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for very young children, but appear to have read the guidelines slightly differently. In the Slate article, the new AAP guidelines are heralded as a long overdue recognition that kids under two can and should be using screens. The Mayo Clinic position is that the guidelines recognize screen time as an option so long as practices such as interacting with apps alongside your child are followed, but says "children younger than age 2 are more likely to learn and remember information from a live presentation than they are from a video."
Click the links below to read both articles and feel free to leave a comment!

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