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“The first step is admitting you have a problem. Packed with effective strategies
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A no-cost, nonpharmaceutical treatment plan for children with behavioral and
mental health challenges
Increasing numbers of parents grapple with children who are acting out without
obvious reason. Revved up and irritable, many of these children are diagnosed
with ADHD, bipolar illness, autism, or other disorders but don’t respond well to
treatment. They are then medicated, often with poor results and unwanted side
effects. Based on emerging scientific research and extensive clinical experience,
integrative child psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Dunckley has pioneered a four-week
program to treat the frequent underlying cause, Electronic Screen Syndrome
(ESS).
Dr. Dunckley has found that everyday use of interactive screen devices — such as
computers, video games, smartphones, and tablets — can easily overstimulate a
child’s nervous system, triggering a variety of stubborn symptoms. In contrast,
she’s discovered that a strict electronic fast single-handedly improves mood,
focus, sleep, and behavior, regardless of the child’s diagnosis.
Offered now in this book, this simple intervention can produce a life-changing
shift in brain function — all without cost or medication. Dr. Dunckley provides
hope for parents who feel that their child has been misdiagnosed or
inappropriately medicated, by presenting an alternative explanation for their
child’s difficulties and a concrete plan for treating them.
MRIs show screen time linked to lower brain
development in preschoolers
Screen time use by infants, toddlers and preschoolers has exploded over
the last decade, concerning experts about the impact of television,
tablets and smartphones on these critical years of rapid brain
development.
Now a new study scanned the brains of children 3 to 5 years old and
found those who used screens more than the recommended one hour a
day without parental involvement had lower levels of development in the
brain’s white matter – an area key to the development of language,
literacy and cognitive skills.
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Higher screen use was associated with less well-developed white matter tracts
(shown in blue in the image) throughout the brain.
“This is the first study to document associations between higher screen use and
lower measures of brain structure and skills in preschool-aged kids,” said lead
author Dr. John Hutton, a pediatrician and clinical researcher at Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital. The study was published Monday in the journal JAMA
Pediatrics.
“This is important because the brain is developing the most rapidly in the first
five years,” Hutton said. “That’s when brains are very plastic and soaking up
everything, forming these strong connections that last for life.”
Screens ‘follow kids everywhere’
Studies have shown excessive TV viewing is linked to the inability of children to
pay attention and think clearly, while increasing poor eating habits
and behavioral problems. Associations have also been shown between excessive
screen time and language delay, poor sleep, impaired executive function, and a
decrease in parent-child engagement.
“It’s known that kids that use more screen time tend to grow up in families that
use more screen time,” Hutton said. “Kids who report five hours of screen time
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could have parents who use 10 hours of screen time. Put that together and
there’s almost no time for them to interact with each other.”
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later, study says
In addition, the portability of today’s screens allow them to “follow kids
everywhere.” Hutton said. “They can take screens to bed, they can take them to
meals, they can take them to the car, to the playground.”
Even more concerning, say experts, are the young ages at which children are
being exposed.
“About 90% are using screens by age one,” said Hutton, who published a number
of studies that used MRIs to research the impact of reading versus screen use by
kids. “We’ve done some studies where kids are using them by 2 months old to 3
months old.”
Disorganized white matter
The new study used a special type of MRI, called diffusion tensor imaging, to
examine the brains of 47 brain healthy children (27 girls and 20 boys) who had not
yet started kindergarten.
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A diffusion tensor MRI allows a good look at the white matter of the brain,
responsible for organizing communication between the various parts of the
brain’s gray matter.
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It’s the gray matter which contains the majority of the brain cells telling the body
what to do. White matter is made up of fibers, typically distributed into bundles
called tracts, which form connections between brain cells and the rest of the
nervous system.
“Think of white matter as cables, sort of like the telephone lines that are
connecting the various parts of the brain so they can talk to each other,” Hutton
said.
A lack of development of those “cables” can slow the brain’s processing speed;
on the other hand, studies show that reading, juggling or learning and practicing
a musical instrument improves the organization and structure of the brain’s white
matter.
Before the MRI, the children were given cognitive tests, while the parents filled
out a new scoring system on screen time developed by the American Academy of
Pediatrics.
The test measures how much access a child has to a screen (allowed at meals,
car, in line at store?), the frequency of exposure (age started, number of hours, at
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bedtime?), content (chooses own? watches fighting or songs or education?) and
“dialogic” interaction (does the child watch alone or does a parent interact and
discuss the content as well?).
The results showed that children who used more than the AAP’s recommended
amount of screen time, of an hour a day without parental interaction, had more
disorganized, underdeveloped white matter throughout the brain.
“The average screen time in these kids was a little over two hours a day,” Hutton
said. “The range was anywhere from about an hour to a little over five hours.”
In addition, the tracts of white matter responsible for executive functions were
also disorganized and underdeveloped (the parts of the brain shown in blue in the
image).
PHOTO: Courtesy John S. Hutton, MD
This view shows the three major tracts involved with language and literacy skills:
the arcuate fasciculus, shaded in white, which connects brain areas involved
with receptive and expressive language. The one in brown supports rapid naming
of objects, and the one in beige, visual imagery. The blue color illustrates lower
measures of white matter development in children using excessive screen time.
“These are tracks that we know are involved with language and literacy,” Hutton
said, “And these were the ones relatively underdeveloped in these kids with more
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screen time. So the imaging findings lined up pretty perfectly with the behavioral
cognitive testing finding.”
’Neurons that fire together wire together’
“These findings are fascinating but very, very preliminary,” pediatrician Dr. Jenny
Radesky wrote in an email. Radesky, who was not involved in the study, is the
lead author on the American Academy of Pediatrics 2016 guidelines on screen
use by children and adolescents.
“We know that early experiences shape brain growth, and media is one of these
experiences. But it’s important for parents to know that these results don’t show
that heavy media use causes ‘brain damage,’” Radesky wrote.
Hutton agrees. “It’s not that the screen time damaged the white matter,” he said,
adding that what could be occurring is that screen time is too passive for brain
development.
“Perhaps screen time got in the way of other experiences that could have helped
the children reinforce these brain networks more strongly,” he said.
The first years of life need to be focused on human interactions that encourage
speaking, interacting socially and playing with loving caregivers to develop
thinking, problem-solving and other executive skills.
“There’s a really great quote in brain science: Neurons that fire together wire
together,” Hutton said. That means the more you practice anything the more it
reinforces and organizes the connections in your brain.
Cognitive testing found fewer skills
In addition to the MRI results, excessive screen time was significantly associated
with poorer emerging literacy skills and ability to use expressive language, as
well as testing lower on the ability to rapidly name objects on cognitive tests
taken by the 47 children in the study.
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“Remember that this is all relative,” Hutton said, adding that more in-depth
clinical trials need to be done to tease out the specifics.
“Still, it’s possible that over over time, these effects can add up,” Hutton said.
“We know that kids who start behind tend to get more and more behind as they
get older.
“So it could be the case that kids who start with less well-developed brain
infrastructure may be less likely to be engaged, successful readers later in
school,” said Hutton, who also directs the Reading & Literacy Discovery Center at
Cincinnati Children’s.
Radesky wants to see the results replicated in other populations. “Researchers
and pediatricians should take it as a launching point for future research,” she
wrote. “There are so many other home and family factors that affect brain
development – such as stress, parent mental health, play experiences, language
exposure – and none of these were accounted for in this study.”
What parents can do
“It can feel overwhelming to think that our every parenting decision impacts our
child’s brain development, but it’s important to also see this as an opportunity,”
Radesky said.
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“There are parent-child activities we know help children’s development: reading,
singing, connecting emotionally, being creative, or even just taking a walk or
dedicating some time in our busy days to laugh together,” she added.
The AAP has tools to calculate your child’s media time and then establish a
family media plan. Basic guidelines are as follows:
Infants:
No baby under 18 months old should be exposed to screen media, other than
video chatting with friends and family, the AAP says. Babies need to interact with
caregivers and their environment, and not be placed in front of media as a
babysitter.
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Association says
In fact, a study found that even having the TV on in the same room with a baby or
toddler negatively impacted their ability to play and interact.
Toddlers:
By the time a baby turns 2 years old, they can learn words from a person on a live
video chat and some interactive touchscreens. The chief factor in facilitating a
toddler’s ability to learn from baby videos and interactive touchscreens, studies
show, is when parents watch with them and reteach the content.
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Preschoolers:
Children from 3 to 5 years old can benefit from quality TV shows, such as
“Sesame Street,” the AAP says. A well designed show can improve a child’s
cognitive abilities, help teach words, and impact their social development.
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But the AAP warns that many educational apps on the market aren’t developed
with input from developmental specialists and can do more harm than good when
they take a child away from playtime with caregivers and other children.
And just like toddlers, preschoolers learn much better from any educational
materials when they are co-viewed, and the caregiver interacts with the child
about the material.
Thank You
Craig A. Durfey
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