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TV by the
Numbers
(Parent Magazine, January-2002)
Need more reasons to cut back on your television viewing?
Consider these statistics from the TV-Turnoff Network, a nonprofit
organization in Washington, D.C.
- The number of hours the average 1-year-old American child watches
TV each week: 6
(The number of hours of TV per week that the American Academy of
Pediatrics recommends for children ages 2 and younger: 0)
- The number of hours the average 2- to 17-year-old watches
television each week: 19
(The number of hours per week spent watching
TV that's been shown to affect academic achievement negatively: 10)
- The percentage of Americans who always or often watch television
while eating dinner: 40%
- Percentage of 4- to 6-year-olds who would rather watch TV than
spend time with their father: 54%
- The number of TV commercials viewed by the average American child
each year: 20,000
- The number of violent acts the average American child sees on TV
by age 18: 200,000
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