In a two year period from the age of five, children go from being unable to differentiate between ads and other content, to learning that advertising wants to sell them something. Photo: Hans-Jürgen Wiedl/dpa
When grown-ups are reading to toddlers, they have more meaningful conversations when the stories are in traditional printed books than when stories are in e-books, researchers found.
Results of the small experiment suggest story time with tablets may not be as good for kids' development.
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