Why does screen time negatively affect communication skills in children?

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Wouldn’t watching more content with spoken words make you better at speaking? Same with captions and reading/writing.

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It can help you know more words, but it doesn’t necessarily teach you what those words mean or if there is certain context for those words that will have different associations.

Just like reading a book will make your vocabulary expand, but it doesn’t help you learn pronunciation of unfamiliar words or teach you when to talk like Tolkein and when to talk like the majority of other writers.

The most important skill in communication is knowing how it will be received by others. If you are drafting an email, it could sound harsher than in person and need a rewrite.

You won’t know this if you don’t spend time socializing with others, or at the very least observing others socializing.

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