{"id":13144,"date":"2019-03-28T12:07:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T16:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=13144"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:30","slug":"reading-to-your-toddler-print-books-are-better-than-digital-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/28\/reading-to-your-toddler-print-books-are-better-than-digital-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading to your toddler? Print books are better than digital ones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640.jpg\" alt=\"toddler sitting on parent's lap, reading\" class=\"wp-image-13146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/baby-kid-child-boy-reading-book-2598005\/\">(StockSnap \/ Pixabay)<\/a>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a study recently published in the journal &#8220;Pediatrics,&#8221; researchers at U-M found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/25\/well\/family\/reading-to-your-toddler-print-books-are-better-than-digital-ones.html\">parents and toddlers reading print books together resulted in a more engaging experience than reading together using an electronic device<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tiffany Munzer<\/strong>, a fellow in developmental behavioral pediatrics at the C.S. Mott Children\u2019s Hospital, who was the first author on the study, said the researchers wanted to study toddlers in particular because of a concern that they might be particularly susceptible to distraction by electronic enhancements. The study examined interactions using print books, basic e-books, and enhanced books that included animation and\/or sound effects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey were susceptible,\u201d Munzer said, \u201cbut the basic electronic book without the enhancements was also distracting to toddlers, and they had less engagement with their parents than with print books.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a study recently published in the journal &#8220;Pediatrics,&#8221; researchers at U-M found that parents and toddlers reading print books together resulted in a more engaging experience than reading together using an electronic device. Tiffany Munzer, a fellow in developmental behavioral pediatrics at the C.S. Mott Children\u2019s Hospital, who was the first author on the study, said the\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/28\/reading-to-your-toddler-print-books-are-better-than-digital-ones\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[289,217,45],"class_list":["post-13144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-children","tag-culture","tag-education"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640.jpg",640,426,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640.jpg",640,426,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640.jpg",600,399,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640.jpg",640,426,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640.jpg",640,426,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640-640x300.jpg",640,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640.jpg",640,426,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/baby-2598005_640.jpg",376,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In a study recently published in the journal &#8220;Pediatrics,&#8221; researchers at U-M found that parents and toddlers reading print books together resulted in a more engaging experience than reading together using an electronic device. 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