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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Studies show that ADHD and screen time are linked, but they do not show causality.  [/quote]

studies show everything and anything.   for ex:  "When Ice Cream Sales Rise, So Do Homicides"  http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2013/07/09/warm_weather_homicide_rates_when_ice_cream_sales_rise_homicides_rise_coincidence.html

"correlation is not causation, and that ice cream’s relationship to homicide is a mere statistical coincidence"[/quote]

True, but also an extreme example of this phenomenon (correlation with nearly no chance of causation). It's also true that there are such things as epigenetic triggers for certain disorders. So a kid not (genetically) remotely prone to ADHD may see little or no effect of screen time, but screen time could have an effect, even a tipping point effect, on a kid with that genetic propensity. And there are only so many ways to conduct such studies that could almost by definition not be double-blind-- and it's absolutely true that ADHD kids are inherently are drawn to high-stimulation activities-- so we'll probably never know how much is chicken and egg.

FWIW, DH and I both have formal ADHD diagnoses, and our preschooler gets essentially no screen time-- but it's much less because we think it will trigger any possible ADHD and much more because managing screen time is/would be so hard for US, as parents. Plus, we don't think DC is missing out on anything, at least on balance, and for now.[/quote]

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