Guide
Screens and speech
Families ask this often, and often with guilt attached. The honest position is more careful than the headlines.
Screens replace conversation
The clearest problem is what the screen takes the place of: back-and-forth talk with a person.
A screen does not answer back
Language grows from turns. A video takes no turns.
Watching together is different
If you watch with your child and talk about it, the screen becomes a conversation topic.
Guilt helps nobody
If you are reading this, change what happens next week rather than what happened last year.
This page gives general information only. It is not a diagnosis. For your own child, see a registered speech-language therapist or a doctor.