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Studies show watching Pokemon and Spongebob may make your kids smarter [1]
['Devin Nealy']
Date: 2023-02-03
There's an old adage that claims you are what you eat. And while the phrase is literally accurate, it has often been employed metaphorically as the perfect description of how human beings reflect whatever they consume. Not to get all hippy-dippy, but energy flows where attention goes. If you spend your time reading books and watching well-researched documentaries, you may often find yourself effortlessly regurgitating the information at social functions(and hopefully, that's all you end up regurgitating). The inverse is also true. If you spend your time watching Jerry Springer and trashy reality shows, they become the backbone of your discourse.
Consequently, parents can be incredibly discerning about the media their children consume, as it could potentially form the bedrock of their personality. Granted, some parents take the concept too far and begin projecting malicious intent on the most innocuous forms of media. However, according to recent studies, all of the 90s and early 2000s parents that claimed Spongebob Squarepants and Pokemon would rot the minds of children across America were dead wrong.
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