“A word about TV: If a television is on, an infant will stare at it. This is not a sign of advanced development. TV entertains at a cost. Young children easily become dependent on the TV for stimulation and lose some of their natural drive to explore. A child with a plastic cup and spoon, a few wooden blocks, and a board book can think up fifty creative ways to use those objects; a child in front of a TV can only do one thing.” -- pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock, (5/2/1903 - 3/15/1998), from his landmark book "Baby and Child Care," which was one of the best selling books of the 20th century (50 million copies). With generations raised on television as entertainment / diversion, Spock's warning about its ill effects on damaging a child's exploration instincts is still impactful.
The TV-obsessed Malignant Fascist watches TV more than any other President by far, as evidenced his thin-skinned reactions to adverse coverage. He's also been described as "profoundly ignorant" and "an f-ing moron" by those who have worked with him in the White House, which also confirms Dr. Spock's theory.
(photo illustration: Getty/Jessica Kourkounis/Chip Somodevilla/Mireia Triguero Roura)
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