The following statistics are from The National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Familes, and can be found at www.nationalcoalition.org
- U.S. children are exposed to 8 1/2 hours of TV, video games, computers and other media a day, often at once. As a result, kids’ expectations are to be constantly entertained and, if they are not entertained, they quickly lose interest. So much media, so little attention span, Marilyn Elias. USA Today, 31 March 2005.
- About half of kids have a video game player in their rooms; more than two-thirds have TV sets. So much media, so little attention span, Marilyn Elias. USA Today, 31 March 2005.
- On average, 8-18 year old boys spend 1 hour, 12 minutes playing video games each day. Eight-18 year old girls spend 25 minutes per day. So much media, so little attention span, Marilyn Elias. USA Today, 31 March 2005.
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