Maybe it is worse than a Boob-Tube

Dr. Mohler recently discussed a study done at Cornell University on the relationship between Autism and Television.

The researchers studied autism incidence in California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington state. They found that as cable television became common in California and Pennsylvania beginning around 1980, childhood autism rose more in the counties that had cable than in the counties that did not. They further found that in all the Western states, the more time toddlers spent in front of the television, the more likely they were to exhibit symptoms of autism disorders.

The Cornell study represents a potential bombshell in the autism debate. “We are not saying we have found the cause of autism, we’re saying we have found a critical piece of evidence,” Cornell researcher Michael Waldman told me.

The advice of the researchers is that children under two should watch no television.  It is an interesting article.  I am not fully convinced, but it may be opening a door for new findings.  Now admittedly I am am one that enjoys watching TV, but it made me think could it be that some of the disorders, ADD etc.,  that are now popping up at a fast growing rate in Elementary Schools across our country may have some ties to this as well?  Maybe we are finding out that TV and Movies do have more of an impact on us that we think.  For a young child it may stiffle his imagination, form an unreal sense of reality, ignite passions that should be left alone, establish a very faulty worldview and moral system, etc..