![]() ![]() 'It's a religion!' Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly face backlash from furious Christians after dressing up as a PRIEST and a scantily-clad worshipper Tim Roth's musician son Cormac dies aged 25 following devastating germ cell cancer diagnosis - months after he posted heart-breaking final messageĭAN WOOTTON: David and Victoria Beckham are having their 'happy family' veneer publicly smashed by their son's new wife Nicola Peltz. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends ZERO screen time for children under the age of two.' Not only is it horrible for vision and brain development, but it encourages irresponsible parenting as well. Babies under six months of age should NEVER be strapped in and forced to stare at a screen pulsing images in front of them. Other reviewers wrote similar scathing remarks: 'This has to be one of the worst ideas for a baby product that I have ever seen. ![]() Secondly, the American Pediatric Association recommends NO SCREEN TIME for babies under 2.īabies need to move to understand and explore their world and they need to manipulate things, not passively watch them! It has NO redeeming features, it is actually detrimental to children 's growth and development!! For shame Fisher Price - you have stooped to new lows (and there are lots of them).' One customer wrote: 'I am disgusted with Fisher Price and urge Amazon to reconsider carrying this terrible contraption!! First of all children need to be able to move and putting them on the floor (on rugs or mats) is the best way they can freely move and explore their world. Fisher-Price’s seat had more than 100 reviews, the majority negative. The slew of new baby-tech products has drawn criticism from parents blasting CTA and Fisher-Price in ’s customer-review sections. ![]() Parent company Mattel has kept quiet on the matter so far. Mattel is already under pressure by the CCFC and other advocacy groups that have complained to the Federal Trade Commission that Fisher-Price’s mobile Apptivity suite of apps deceives consumers with promised educational benefits despite little research having been done to prove that online sites can help babies’ brain development. ‘I worry that screens will replace these important human interactions.’įisher-Price describes the seat on its Web site as 'a grow-with-me seat for baby that’s soothing, entertaining, and has a touch of technology, too.' ‘The best thing for a child is extensive interaction with people, hearing voices, seeing faces, physically touching toys,’ he said. Other options: The arm can be removed to 'disable' the iPad-holding feature He explained that toddler’s brains go through changes and a lot of development in early years before explaining that the real world, not the virtual one, is where babies belong. ‘I think parents need to be really careful here,’ said Dr. “There is no need to hurry to expose kids to new technology, certainly not babies - or newborns!'Ī doctor who spoke to ABC is weary about how it might affect babies. 'Does anyone out there think that kids need more screen time?” Strasburger asked. Victor Strasburger, a doctor and professor of pediatrics at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine said attaching iPads to babies’ seats is 'a terrible idea.' ![]() There is an equal amount of outrage aimed at a similar product aimed at potty-training toddlers which mounts an iPad in infront of a child who is learning to use the toilet.īoth efforts ask for the products to be recalled under the guise that they could harm developmental learning of body cues, and socialization. Critics say it blocks his or her view of the rest of the world How it works: The Apptivity Seat is a bouncy seat for infants with a place for an iPad directly above the baby¿s face. ![]()
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