Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)

To our knowledge no research has yet exam- ined computer and interactive game use in infants and toddlers, although these products are now being developed for children as young as six months of age and some parents report that their infants and toddlers use these media regularly. Based on a recent sur- vey of parents, the Kaiser Family Foundation estimated that 61 percent of children under age two use screen media (television, videos, DVDs) on a typical day and 43 percent of infants and toddlers watch television every day. 30 Given a relative dearth of empirical re- search on infants and toddlers and a...