The Los Angeles Times recently published an article regarding the latest figures from Nielsen ratings about children's TV usage. The shocking results show that children are watching an average of 24 hours of TV per week, which is an eight-year high.
Do you have rules about how much TV your children can watch in your home? Does the allowed usage depend on age? Is too much TV watching a big concern of yours? If so, what are your main areas of concern?
Read the entire article here- http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-kids-tv27-2009oct27,0,2531927.story
Reporting from New York - More than an entire day -- that's how long children sit in front of the television in an average week, according to new findings released Monday by Nielsen.
The amount of television usage by children reached an eight-year high, with kids ages 2 to 5 watching the screen for more than 32 hours a week on average and those ages 6 to 11 watching more than 28 hours. The analysis, based on the fourth quarter of 2008, measured children's consumption of live and recorded TV, as well as VCR and game console usage.
"They're using all the technology available in their households," said Patricia McDonough, Nielsen's senior vice president of insights, analysis and policy. "They're using the DVD, they're on the Internet. They're not giving up any media -- they're just picking up more."
