Telemundo Show Features Screen Time Research

Post Date: February 23, 2025 | Publish Date:

Research conducted at Cincinnati Children’s to explore how early childhood brain development is affected by factors such as excessive exposure to smartphones, computers and television screens was recently featured on Al Rojo Vivo, a news and features show broadcast by Telemundo.

The Spanish language segment includes an interview with John Hutton, MD, MS, who recently left Cincinnati Children’s for a new post in Texas. It also includes footage showing Cincinnati Children’s experts Nehal Parikh, DO, MS, and Lisa Hunter, PhD, that was previously broadcast on NBC’s TODAY Show.

The takeaway message: parents should strive to avoid screen time for children ages 3 and younger because too much screen time has been linked to harmful changes in the brain’s white matter and related impacts upon language development and reading skills. Direct, face-to-face interactions between parents and children, be it playing, talking or reading together, are more beneficial for healthy brain development.

Cincinnati Children’s experts are collaborating with Hutton on ongoing literacy research while also exploring how screen time interacts with hearing loss and other factors that can affect early learning among preterm infants

An English translation of the Telemundo segment is available via the closed captioning function on YouTube.