Rachelle's Reading List: Wednesday Oct. 19th, 2011

19. Doctors discourage video watching for babies under two. This is not the news that the team over at "Baby Einstein" wanted to hear today. [NYDN]

The largest pediatricians' group says some of the 50 or so studies on the topic have shown that screen viewing can be linked to slower language development. In a new twist, it also warned parents to be aware of the negative effects their own screen-watching can have on their children. "I like to call it secondhand TV," said pediatrician Ari Brown, who is the lead author of the AAP guidelines, in an interview with AFP. "When the TV is on, the parent is talking less. There is some scientific evidence that shows that the less talk-time a child has, the poorer their language development is," she said.