Children who watch TV more likely to suffer behavioral problems, research says

Pre-school children who spend more than two hours a day in front of a screen are more likely to have short behaviour spans.

Pre-school children who spend more than two hours a day in front of a screen are more likely to have short behaviour spans and behaviour problems, research shows.

Compared to children with less than 30 minutes per day of screen time, the 13.7% who watched more than two hours each day were five times more likely to report clinically significant externalising problems.