Too Much Time?

February 2, 2012

Reading time min

Daily Media Consumption

  • All kids 2-18: 5 hours 29 minutes
  • Ages 2-7: 3 hours 34 minutes
  • 8 and older: 6 hours 43 minutes

Time per Activity

  • TV: 2 hours 46 minutes
  • Music: 1 hour 27 minutes
  • Videos: 39 minutes
  • Computer (recreational): 21 minutes
  • Video games: 20 minutes
  • Online: 8 minutes
  • Recreational reading: 44 minutes

Kids with Bedroom TV

  • All kids 2-18: 42%
  • Ages 2-7: 32%
  • 8 and older: 65%

From Kids & Media @ the New Millennium: A Comprehensive National Analysis of Children’s Media Use, Kaiser Family Foundation, 1999. Study details are available at www.kff.org/content/199/1535.

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