kids just can't turn off the tv(4,4)
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Today marks the end of National TV Turnoff Week (16-22 Sept) in the US. Let’s see why this day has risen to prominence in recent years.TRANSCRIPT
Kids Just Can’t Turn Off The TV
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30-second commercials seen in a year by an average child20,000
Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children
Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television
Hours per year the average American youth spends in school
Hours per year the average American youth watches television
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Some alternative activities for children and families
Today marks the end of National TV Turnoff Week (16-22 Sept) in the US. Let’s see why this day has risen to prominence in recent years.
Percent of Americans regularly watch television while eating dinner.
Percent of children aged 6-17 have TV's in their bedrooms.
Percent of day care centers use TV during a typical day.
National TV Turnoff Week Comes To An End
16-22 Sept
Volunteer in a school to teach reading, math, computer skills.
Learn to play the guitar or other musical instrument.
Attend community concerts.
Organize a community clean-up.
Put together a puzzle.
Visit the library. Borrow a book. Attend library activties.
Go ice skating or roller skating.
Listen to the radio.
Visit the zoo.
Paint a picture, a mural or a room.
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Free From TV!Children as well as adults are becoming increasingly susceptible towards the unhealthy effects of TV nowadays. Do you know that TV is watched by 66% of US people during their dinner time? About 50% of American children aged between 6-17 years have TV sets in their bedrooms! During a typical day, 70% of day care centres use a television.
A few shocking facts:
1. TV is watched for 1680 minutes in a year by an average American youth2. Only 38.5 minutes is spent by parents to have a meaningful conversation with their children in US3. On a weekly basis, an average child is spending approximately 25 hours watching television. Thus, on a yearly basis the child is spending 1300 hours watching TV which is more than the number of hours spend in school (900 hours in a year)!4. A US child watches an astonishing 20,000 30 second commercials in a yearly basis!
There are various activities which are more fun and entertaining than turning on a TV and sitting at home. Children along with their families can engage in fun activities such as going for ice skating or roller skating, paint a room, a mural or a picture, attend a community concert, volunteer to teach maths, reading, computer skills in a school, visit the library, play a guitar or any other musical instrument, participate in a community clean-up, listen to the radio, put together a puzzle, visit a zoo etc.Click through if you are looking for affordable televisions with security settings.