OT Line – Unplug – Don’t Drug: a Safer Future for Children

While research is in it’s infancy regarding causal links between these two trends, we do know kids are spending more time in front of a TV, and less time socializing with their parents and playing outdoors
with friends. Subsequently, the critical factors for child development of movement, touch and connection are not being met, resulting in child mal-development and a rise in a host of physical and mental disorders that the health and education systems are only just beginning to detect, much less understand.

Continue reading the article on page 5 of OT Line, Fall 2008 Newsletter.