YES
Anna Home, chair, Save Kids' TV
If the programme is appropriate for the age group and educational then I can't see a problem with allowing children at nursery to watch TV.
The best kind of high-quality children's programming is designed to be interactive, to spark ideas, stimulate conversation and initiate activities. But while it can be a useful educational tool TV should never be used as a substitute for childcare.
NO
Vivienne Pattison, director, Mediawatch-UK
Children learn far more through interaction with other humans and through play than they do through looking at a screen.
The Americans, French and Australians all advise that children under the age of two should have no screen time at all. Although older children can learn through watching appropriate television, it is a passive activity and in the stimulating environment of a nursery there is plenty to do that is of more benefit.
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