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"The 'toxic' Web generation: Children spend six hours a day in front of screens"
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The 'toxic' Web generation: Children spend six hours a day in front of screens
Youngsters are shunning books and outdoor games to spend up to six hours a day in front of a screen, a survey has revealed.
Children as young as five are turning their bedrooms into multi-media 'hubs' with TVs, computers, games consoles, MP3 players and mobile phones all within easy reach.
The trend triggered warnings that the next generation will struggle to compete in the adult world because they lack reading and writing skills.
At the same time their mastery of technology is not widely appreciated by their parents.
The market research involving 1,800 children aged five to 16 found that they spend an average of 2.7 hours a day watching TV, 1.5 on the internet and 1.3 playing on games consoles, although in some cases these activities are simultaneous, such as watching TV while playing on a console.
In contrast, youngsters spend just over half an hour reading books, according to the survey by ChildWise.
Almost a third take a games console to bed rather than a book, while a quarter never read in their own time.
And instead of kicking a football around, more than a quarter of boys regularly meet in an online games 'environment' where they discuss tactics and technical problems.
Parents justified internet access on the grounds that it would help with homework but the survey found education had become an 'afterthought', with only 9 per cent of youngsters looking up information for schoolwork the last time they went online.
In contrast, 34 per cent played games, 32 per cent used instant messaging, 31 per cent visited a social networking site and 28 per cent watched video clips on sites such as YouTube.
More than half of children now have their own PC or laptop and a third say their computer is the single piece of equipment they could least live without, compared with a declining number - one in five - who name TV.
A report on the findings from ChildWise concluded that many youngsters were 'leaving traditional books behind' but were caught in a 'communications trap'.
It said: 'Their online abilities often exceed those of their parents' generation, but this is not necessarily recognised or valued.
'Their conventional reading and writing skills are frequently criticised and their limited experience and expertise in this area makes it harder for them to compete in an adult-dominated world.'
Rosemary Duff, research director of ChildWise, said: 'They are a generation abandoning print and paper.'
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My kids just lost that privilege for a week!
Read a book children!!!!!
She is just too cute for words…
how green of them!
Not here, we were poor, if I wasn't born a boy I wouldn't of had anything to play wiyh.
Can't stop technology! It's like masterbation…you just can't stop.
Re: harrybalsac – But your ding dong right????
Re: harrybalsac – With* for the spellig Nazi's
Re: SWEETPIECE LOVES THE OBAMAS! – uhoh…what'd they do
Chocolate cupcake . Yum .
cute baby
Re: guilty of being white – No, it was my dick, not the door bell.
Re: harrybalsac – 6 Sure you were! God given right between your legs!
Re: LaDiva is sizzling…. – Why are the haters after just you and me? Any one got a theory? ANYONE!
Re: guilty of being white – 7 Do you have warts on you hand?
Re: mamajud – Morning!
From the looks of you fatso it looks like you spend 3 times that amount in front of the tube — Doughboy
Re: harrybalsac – Nope! I'm a lover not a hater!
Technology rules!
Re: harrybalsac – Don't know. Fucking ppl have no life whatsoever…
Re: mamajud – Turned it on in the morning which is totally off limits! Yes, I acknowledge I'm a bitch! Proud of it!
omg she s sooooooooooooooooooooooo cute and well im a teenager and i spend 13 hours a day NOT 6
Re: SWEETPIECE LOVES THE OBAMAS! – I use my two fingers….just water blisters.
Re: SWEETPIECE LOVES THE OBAMAS! – moderation is key baby……..i should practice what i preach and get busy here……..slow roasting duck on the rotisserie today….time to prep…………..good to see you on the outside!
This pic is awesome! Looks like "Princess" Suri is just like other kids….minus the fact that she's an alien
Re: SWEETPIECE LOVES THE OBAMAS! – Well looks as though I misread! You were talking about playing with yourself from the beginning! Fuck! More coffee!
Re: harrybalsac – Hey harry u live in the USA? was always curious….
Re: guilty of being white – AH HA HA HA!
MAGNOLIA CUPCAKES!! MmMm I love NYC.
Oh and damn parents letting their children get OBESE.
Come on Perez, you do way more than that!
It is sad that children aren't getting the proper means for their development and growth- playing outside and reading from paper mediums. I remember 15 years ago when my parents would try to fight us off the tv.
I really hope TOm Cruise kicks your ass for this… the girl is gorgeous no need to make fun of her!
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IF THE REVOLTAS HADN'T DEALT WITH THEIR TRAGIC SON'S MALADY BY
PARKING HIM IN FRONT OF SCREENS AND PLYING HIM WITH JUNK FOOD TO
"SEDATE HIM" INSTEAD OF THE PROPER MEDICATION HE OBVIOUSLY SO DESPERATELY REQUIRED HE MIGHT BE ALIVE TODAY!!! WHY ELSE WAS HE TURNED INTO SOOT SO QUICKLY??? YEP, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR OWN 747 PARKED IN YOUR FRONT YARD POOF IT JUST ALL GOES AWAY, DARLINGS!!!
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SCIENTOLOGISTS MAKE WORST PARENTS THAN DIANE DOWNS, THAT ANTHONY BITCH IN FLORIDA, MARIE HILLEY, SARAH PALIN, ANDREA YATES, AND SUSAN SMITH!!!
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OMG ~ Alien Suri has a reptile tongue
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Maybe there really is some truth behind all that $cientology crap?
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So perhaps obama isn't the anti-christ, it's actually Suri?
I haven't been coming to this website for very long (couple months), so can someone explain to me why Perez puts up random pics that have nothing to do with the accompanying stories they are posted up with? Celebrity tot with a cupcake vs. too much screen time? Huh?
She is soooo cute!
That cupcake looks soooooooo good!!!!!!
Is this bad for grown up too????
I do more than that @ work in a day! The little tox bots should get over it!
She looks just like scat-queen Tom Cruise in action!
I worry about Suri's health, always caught eating sweets, cup cakes, ice cream. That is awful, she should have a cup cake like once a month, sweet is like a magnet for cancer and/or obesity. Tom and Kate watch out for the diet of your beloved daughter, she will be thankful later on. Take care.
I am teenager and I spend like 6 hours in front of screens but who cares?!
WHEN IS IT THAT KATIE & TOM CRUISE ARE PLANNING TO DRESS THIS LITTLE GIRL WITH ALL THE WARM CLOTHIING SHE NEEDS FOR THE WINTER?…A MIRACLE SHE HAS NOT GOTTEN PNEUMONIA!!!!
awww that picture is too cute!
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SCAT QUEEN!!!
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OMG, LG CAN HARDLY STAND IT!!! lol.
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its tru, aww suri is so cute
That looks like what my dog lays in the yard.
Re: LG is simply ABSTRACT! – 33
Your name is on the list next to Dahmer.
Re: topper – #48.
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DARLING LG'S ON ALL SORTS OF LISTS, INCLUDING "BEST DRESSED!"
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that's sad.
but i do actually use my computer
for homework most of the time, which
i do after sports practice.
perez and myself spend's about maybe 10-14 hours a day? so if you think about it 6 isn't that bad
Reeding is over rayted.
i SPEND like 3 hours reading Meyer's books.
Okay, I spend way more than just 6 hours every day on the comp, and I'm 22 and have a job. Come on.
what about those who comment alot? i know i do! its not healthy! we are turning into zombified robots!!! the aliens are taking over, they are hypnotizing us through lit up screens…dont you all feel it? probably not, since they already got to you
people shouldn't be allowed to reprodue anymore when they are not willing to take proper care of their children - but any stupid can have children and that's where we are going - the world doesn't deserve better