>SINGAPORE – Using electronic devices to distract and calm noisy, restless babies used to be a great idea, or so parents thought. > >Singapore scientists recently found that children exposed to high levels of screen time before the age of two showed changes in brain development linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety by the time they become teenagers. > >However, all is not lost – for children whose parents read to them frequently from age three, the link between infant screen time and altered brain development was significantly weakened.