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A new sleep study out of the Seattle Children's Research Institute shows wee ones between the ages of 3 and 5 experienced more nightmares, tiredness during the day and trouble waking up when they watched violent shows or when they were on the computer or watching TV after 7 p.m., "Good Morning America" reports.
"Bugs Bunny counts as violence in this study, and so does Batman and so does Pokémon," lead author Michelle Garrison tells ABC News. "Slapstick funny violence in Bugs Bunny or superhero violence in Batman or more realistic violence -- we didn't see a difference in terms of the impact on sleep."
The researchers looked at sleep diaries kept over a week's time, with parents noting their child's sleep patterns and behaviors, according to "GMA." Kids watched TV or used a computer an average of 73 minutes per day, with some taking in more than four hours of screen time, the study notes.
"GMA" reports the study looked at content, as well, and researchers found, generally, that kids weren't watching adult shows or even really violent ones -- and they weren't playing violent games on the computer, either. Rather, they were watching TV programs meant for kids just a bit older than them. F
"The amount of violence wasn't huge," Garrison tells ABC, but still, she says, it had a big impact on the kids when it came to sleep.
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6-30-2011 @ 8:13AM
MIKE NEWTON said...So what ever happened to parents who say, "It's way past your bedtime" , pick them up and put them to bed. Because the parents usually are zonked out themselves with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other. The kid is lying on the floor, half awake, and the television is blaring. This is known as "Bubba Parent Raising." It's nothing new. It has been going on for at least 45 years. It's just that the child psychologists and the social workers have just figured out what's causing the situation.
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6-30-2011 @ 5:44PM
Amanda said...The vulgarity and violence in so-called "children's" shows today makes the slapstick comedy on Bugs Bunny look like a Sunday social!
They still show Bugs Bunny on TV? Not around here. We have expanded basic cable (cheapest option), and there is NO classic cartoons or decent children's viewing on any of them! Channels such as Disney, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon are banned in our house because of the increase in junk programming and commercials for junk food and junk toys.
And Mike, when we say it's bedtime in our house, we MEAN it. Ditto when we say "No, you can't watch that!"
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7-03-2011 @ 9:55AM
Heather said...What! rothflmao. Kids cartoons are 100x worse then when we were kids. My son doesn't watch Disney of " family" channel because of all the bad shows on there. If my child spoke to me the way those kids speak to adults he would be grounded forever. It is getting to the point they make Bart Simpson look respectful.
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