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It's About Time

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:448-450.

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In the October 2004 issue of National Geographic, Joel Bourne¹ postulated about the circumstances that would occur if a category 3 or 4 storm changed into a category 5 storm before it hit the Louisiana coast and New Orleans, La. The ensuing calamity and damage to the city and its citizens if the levies were breached was exactingly detailed as the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. Foreshadowing the event, geologist Shea Penland stated, "It's not if it will happen. It's when."

In this issue of the ARCHIVES, we read about a different storm: research articles that reveal more evidence of the power of electronic media exposure to breach the protections of our children's cognitive, social, behavioral, and physical health. Does ongoing exposure to media erode children's behaviors and attitudes enough to compare with an impending disaster? These and newer studies may reveal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Donald Shifrin, MD