There are some well-established side effects caused by letting your toddler watch too much Peppa Pig.
For one, your three-year-old may well develop a posh accent from absorbing the dialogue of the popular English children’s program.
They might even develop a penchant for left-wing politics — if you’re lucky, that is.
But in spite of what some media organisations might tell you, there is absolutely no evidence to back claims the show causes it’s young audience to develop autism.
A rather alarmist headline from Morning News USA.
A 2012 'study', purported to be from Harvard University apparently found that "children exposed to at least 30 minutes a day of the show have a 56% higher probability of developing autism."
According to Morning News USA, it came from epidemiologist Marc Wildemberg who, as a quick Google search will tell you, is not real or at least not really associated with the prestigious tertiary institution.
While that particular article does cleverly place a rather laden question mark at the end of their headline, as well as admitting within the piece the study might not be 100 per cent peer-reviewed (no, really?), they're not the only ones who've reported on it.
Apparently, the Peppa Pig causes autism red flag is raised every few years by alarmist, or at the very least over-worked, journalists, among others.
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Wow, I've read some ridiculous things in my time, but this one takes the cake.
Didn't Piers Ackerman reckon watching Peppers pig would turn us into Communists?
Oh good grief. I hadn't heard that one - that's almost as stupid. What did Peppa Pig ever do to deserve all the hate?
Well we are talking about Piers here
I had heard the name, but had to Google him to find out more - sounds like his kind of theory!