SpongeBob impairs little kids’ thinking: Watching a few minutes of a show about an “animated sponge that lives under the sea” impaired 4-year-olds’ executive function, University of Virginia researchers found. The executive function includes attention, working memory, problem solving and delay of gratification that are associated with success in school.

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   it’s the 4 year old’s fault. retard

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   a…uhm…that yellow prickly fruit thing…where Ariel lives…

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    Whuuuuut

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    Look Vika!

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    Say it ain’t soooo!!!

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    this explains a lot

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    no wonder i’m so fucked up

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    which forever ingrained...word ‘Photosynthesis’ onto my brain apparently turns kids into...

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    duhhh

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    WOW NO SPONGEBOB FOR MY FUTURE KIDS

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    Interesting…

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    oh shit ive heard something like this before.. no more spongebob

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    WHAT. I TAKE OFFENSE TO THIS. SPONGEBOB ALL DAY ERR DAY BITCHES.

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48. becks-en-francais said: Maybe the newer episodes, but I remember watching Spongebob when it first started airing, and it was actually very clever and even taught me new vocabulary words. My mom would ask “Where did you learn that?” and I’d find myself replying “Spongebob.”
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    Is Sponge Bob bad for kids? It might just be, or at least...excuse to keep it off our TV...

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