Using YouTube as a babysitter takes local languages out of the mouths of babes
If a child is watching something and an adult can ask questions about what they are watching or explain things to them, that has bigger chances of being beneficial than if a child is left alone without much supervision, says Educational psychologist Andreas Baron
15 May 2022 - 00:00
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