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How TV Affects Your Child
Most kids plug into the world of television long before they enter school. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Are My Kids Watching Too Much TV?
I have three children under the age of 7, and they watch a lot of television. I'm worried that it's too much. Should I ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Electronic Media and Young Children
Television is a daily presence in the lives of most young children, and video games on consoles and computers are also ...
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Television and Video Games: Monitoring Your Child's Screen Time
Between the television and computer, both children and adults spend a lot of time in front of the screen. TV and video ...
Source: OneToughJob
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Studies Support Benefits of Educational TV for Reading
Even the harshest critics of the role that television plays in children’s lives would have a hard time arguing ...
Source: Education Week
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Teaching Good Attitudes Through Televised Sports
Playing sports can be a great way to teach your children good values, including teamwork, sportsmanship, and fair ...
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Are We Creating Monsters?: TV and Aggression
The amount of violence portrayed on television is staggering. Researchers estimate that by the time the average child ...
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Can TV Lead to ADHD?
Popping up in approximately 2 million children nationwide, ADHD has the makings of a modern epidemic. Could the root of ...
Source: Education.com
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Obesity and the Media
Children are increasingly becoming overweight and less physically active, to the point that childhood obesity is a ...
Source: University of California San Francisco Children's Hospital
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New Ways of Advertising to Children
Television has traditionally been the preferred medium for children’s food advertising, but the landscape is ...
Source: Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University
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Kids Spend 7.5 Hours Per Day on 'Entertainment Media'
Kaiser Family Foundation study has some disturbing findings, but it's important to put the study into a broader context ...
Source: Connect Safely
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Philosophy for Kids: A Pop Culture Introduction
Do children have the cognitive ability to understand and appreciate philosophy? Ages-old philosophical concepts are ...
Source: Education.com
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The Media as an Influence on Socialization
Mass media—newspapers, magazines, comic books, radio, video games, movies, and especially ...
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The Effects of Television Viewing
Watching television is more accurately described as entertainment than play, but it is in reality a tool for both. ...
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TV and Your Teen
TV Has a Powerful Impact on Young PeopleChildren and teens in the US spend an average of 3 to 4 hours a day watching ...
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Violence in Audio-Visual Media: How Educators Can Respond
Over the past 20 years there have been numerous studies and frequent warnings about violent television programs and ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Television and Your Family: Who Controls the Remote Control?
Are you in control of the remote control, or are you far removed from your children’s viewing habits? Studies ...
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Must-See TV for Preschoolers and Kindergarteners
With more and more quality television available, you don't need to feel guilty about letting kids indulge every now and...
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Does Background Television Harm Child Development?
New research says that background television may be affecting your child's development.
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Understanding Advertising - A Newsletter for Parents of First Grade Children
What Do You Think? Melissa and her little sister Shelley are all settled in for a Saturday morning ...
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FAQs on Violent Video Games and Other Media Violence
1. For your 2003 article on The Influence of Media Violence on Youth (1), you and a distinguished group of media...
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Gender and Race on the Screen
American children today spend more time gazing into electronic screens than we parents spend at work! Television is...
