The Screen Time Truth Every Parent Needs to Hear | Professor Sam Wass

What is fast-paced screen content actually doing to your child's brain? And why does every parent recognise the mood their child comes off a screen in?Professor Sam Wass is Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of East London, leader of the Baby Dev Lab, and one of the psychologists from Channel 4's multi-award winning series The Secret Life of 4 and 5 Year Olds.In this episode we talk about why fast-paced content puts children into fight or flight mode, why using screens to calm toddler tantrums can make behaviour worse over time, what your phone is doing to your child's sense of security without you realising and why the thing most parents believe helps children learn is actually the opposite of what the neuroscience is telling us.Best Beginnings is the podcast from Babyzone about what happens in the first five years of life and why it shapes everything that comes after.Subscribe so you never miss an episode.