Wed Aug 31, 2022 – 4:53 pm EDT
ANALYSIS
(LifeSiteNews) — The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has once again come out in favor of the forced masking of young children, claiming that there is “no evidence” that the inability of children to see faces slows language development.
“If caregivers are wearing masks, does that harm kids’ language development? No. There is no evidence of this,” the AAP tweeted in a thread on August 26. “And we know even visually impaired children develop speech and language at the same rate as their peers.”
But the AAP’s own research as well as that of others undermines this claim.
For example, the AAP scrubbed a brochure from its website that explained the importance of babies seeing faces.
University of California-San Francisco epidemiologist Vinay Prasad has also warned about how masking harms children, citing the AAP’s own research.
“Early childhood is a crucial period when humans develop cultural, language, and social skills, including the ability to detect emotion on other people’s faces,” Prasad wrote. “Social interactions with friends, parents, and caregivers are integral to fostering children’s growth and well-being.”
In an essay, he cited information from the AAP that discusses the
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