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Kids are glued to screens

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Kids are glued to screens

According to research, kids today spend more than seven hours using any form of media. Whether it be texting, playing a computer game, listening to music, watching the television or surfing the internet, kids are definitely glued to screens.

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Children glued to the screen

According to research, kids today spend more than seven hours daily using any form of media. That’s the same number of hours that we spend working in a day! Whether it be texting, playing a computer game, listening to music, watching the television or surfing the internet, kids are definitely glued to screens.

Many are asking how this issue is affecting our kids today.Whether this is good for them or not, let’s find out in this report by NBC:

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Experts say that parental guidance is the key to cutting down the hours that kids spend using media. So what sort of guidelines can you implement in your homes? Is it really necessary for kids to have their own mobile phones? Will your kid be left out if he doesn’t own a portable video game console? What’s your take on this?

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