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Posted - May 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM

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A user cautions that early and extended screen time may increase autism risk, citing a study linking longer screen time at age 1 to an autism diagnosis by age 3. A second user responds with a link.

@ClareMorellEPPC - Clare Morell

This is frightening. Especially because the younger the age of screen exposure and the longer, the greater the risk of autism. One study found longer screen time at age 1 was significantly associated with autism spectrum disorder diagnosis at 3 years old.

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Two-thirds of babies under 2 are on screens every single day — some up to 8 hours. A new study highlighted on Fox News is pretty sobering. Family therapist Darby Fox explained that all those pings, colors, and fast-moving images basically act like a dopamine pump for tiny developing brains. It rewires how they process the world, but it’s not interactive, not language-based, and not 3D like real human development. The result? Higher risks of poor sleep, delayed speech, weaker problem-solving, and communication issues. This one hits hard. It’s so easy to use screens for a moment of peace, but we might be trading short-term quiet for long-term developmental costs during a critical window of brain growth. The first two years shape so much of how a child’s brain develops. What we expose them to (or don’t) now can have ripple effects for years. What’s your take on screen time for toddlers? Where do you draw the line?

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A new study found that two thirds of babies under age two spend time in front of a screen every day, with some exposed to up to eight hours daily. This early screen exposure is linked to poor sleep, delayed communication, delayed problem solving skills, and poor language skills. Family therapist and licensed clinical social worker Darby Fox discusses the implications. Darby Fox explains that screen time definitely rewires the brain and alters how brain development occurs. What is missing is the constant, shifting and changing pings and colors hitting the baby’s brain, which are not read as language or interactive. She describes it as a constant, almost a dopamine pump, where the movement captures the brain and the child is not able to process other input. This leads to a frazzled mind, whereas human development is meant to occur through live, interactive, three-dimensional experiences. Therefore, screen time deprives the child of crucial interactive experiences. On the question of differences between cell phones and television, Fox notes that there is a difference. TVs typically present slower movement in programming, but they do the same thing in that they are not interactive. From that perspective, it is still detrimental to simply have the TV on. However, she suggests that some slower TV programming is less harmful, indicating that programming type can influence impact.

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Speaker 0: Turning out of this, a new study revealing two thirds of babies under the age of two years old spend time in front of a screen every day and some are being exposed to up to eight hours a day of screen time. That's despite early screen exposure being linked to things like this, poor sleep, delayed communication, delayed problem solving skills, and poor language skills. Family therapist and licensed clinical social worker, Darby Fox, joins me now to discuss this. Darby, you so much for joining us. Clearly, eight hours of screen time. I mean, are living in a different world than when we all grew up, but dive into the effects of this a little bit further. What does that amount of screen time do to a young child's mind? Speaker 1: So it definitely rewires the brain. It alters how the brain develops. And what is missing is the constant, shifting and changing the pings, the colors hit the baby's brain. And there it's not being read as it's not language, it's not interactive. So it is a constant, almost a dopamine pump. It's hitting this. It's it's very like the movement catches their brain and they're not able to process the other piece. It leaves kind of a frazzled mind. And we are meant to develop in live interactive three-dimensional ways as human beings. So you miss all of that. Speaker 0: Yeah, I I could totally see where where you're coming from there. When we talk about screen time, is there a difference between cell phones and a TV being on? Speaker 1: Yes, there is a difference. TVs are typically a slower movement, the programming. But it does the same thing from the perspective of being, it's not interactive. So from that perspective, it's still detrimental to just put the TV on. But some and it depends on the programming. There is slower TV programming that is less harmful. Yeah.

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