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II CHILDREN
>Approximate number of studies examining TV's effects on children: 4,000
>Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children: 3.5
>Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television: 1,680 >Percentage of day care centers that use TV during a typical day: 70
>Percentage of parents who would like to limit their children's TV watching: 73 >Percentage of 4-6 year-olds who, when asked to choose between watching TV and spending time with their fathers, preferred television: 54
>Hours per year the average American youth spends in school: 900 hours
>Hours per year the average American youth watches television: 1500
III VIOLENCE
>Number of murders seen on TV by the time an average child finishes elementary school: 8,000
>Number of violent acts seen on TV by age 18: 200,000
>Percentage of Americans who believe TV violence helps precipitate real life mayhem: 79
Originally posted by Freq Of Nature
Do you remember any of those programs to this day?
As a child you are influenced so much by anything around you!
Some things leave bigger impacts on us than others!
The same people who have grown up watching TV, I'm guessing watch on average about 3 - 4 hours a day!
Originally posted by Freq Of Nature
III VIOLENCE
>Number of murders seen on TV by the time an average child finishes elementary school: 8,000
>Number of violent acts seen on TV by age 18: 200,000
>Percentage of Americans who believe TV violence helps precipitate real life mayhem: 79