Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

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28 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD, argues that screens at restaurants rob 1-year-olds of facial expressions and back-and-forth talk they need for brain development. He links early screen exposure to rising autism rates and says the first 10 months are critical for a child's nervous system and sense of safety.

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You're seeing 1 year olds at restaurants with a screen there. Right. Number one, they're not actually getting human interaction. They're not getting the back and forth with their parents, understanding facial expressions, verbalization. We're actually negatively changing the brains of kids. And this is co occurring at the same time in the rise of autism. And I think we have to look at what are some of these components because there couldn't be particularly the first 10 months of a child life. Right. That's when the nervous system finds its ability to regulate. That's where kids need to feel safe, they need to be picked up. There's a lot going on.