USA Today reported that according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, television may be turning “children into fountains of four-letter words.”The study found an association “between foul-mouthed inner-city children and profanity-ridden shows and video games.”
After surveying “223 adolescents (87 boys and 135 girls) in an inner-city middle school in the Midwest” on their television and video game preferences, researchers discovered that youngsters “who watched TV shows and played video games with more profanity were more likely to use such language.”
Ah … another in a long list of studies showing screen time as highly unhealthy to our kids.
Here are some of my blogs on “screen time” from the last year:

• SpongeBob in hot water from study of 4-year-olds
• Cartoon characters prod kids to nag for unhealthy foods
• TV ads for kids still heavy on unhealthy foods
• Too much TV increases cardiovascular risk for kids
• More evidence that too much TV, computer time could harm your heart
• Time spent watching television may be linked to increased risk of death
• TV Viewing Linked To Increased Heart Risk Factors In Young Adults
• Does lunch in front of a computer make us eat more?
• Kids’ use of electronic media at night linked to problems
• Study Shows Risks for Kids Who Watch TV or Use Computers More Than 2 Hours a Day
• Screen Time May Consume Nearly 1/3 of Day for U.S. Kids
• Study: Mental Health Deteriorates With Increased Television
• Too Much Screen Time Can Threaten Attention Span
• Parents Beware: Cartoon Characters on TV Sell Kids on Unhealthy Foods
• Too Many Tots Watching Too Much TV: Study
• Long-term harm seen with too much TV for toddlers
• More TV for toddlers equals school trouble later
• TV, Computers Linked to Weak Relationships
• New analysis reasserts video games’ link to violence
• More TV for toddlers equals school trouble latMore TV for toddlers equals school trouble later
• Daycare May Feed Your Kids’ TV Habit
• Time spent watching television may be linked to increased risk of death
• New analysis reasserts video games’ link to violence
• TV, Computers Linked to Weak Relationships
• TV watching is linked to aggression in kids. Ya think?
• Television Viewing Linked to Blood Pressure Increases in Children
• Yet another study suggests television viewing may impair children’s language development
• Study links teen pregnancy to sexy TV shows