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Do Your Kids Spend More Time on Media Devices

Than Getting Active?

Kids need parental guidelines when using media because they may not be formed or mature

enough to regulate usage on their own. Setting limits can actually relieve children from having

to try a d stop at hi g or playi g o their o . It is a pare t’s respo si ility to pro ide ala e i a hild’s life, ut you ha e to at h them when they are still young enough to be

teachable. By the time they are teenagers, it may be too late.

Screen Time Epidemic

It’s a edia de i e o erload if your hild:

Average Daily Screen Hours

A Kaiser Family Foundation study presented these statistics on American kids 8-18 years old.

-Recommendation

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends

2 HOURS MAX of a screen time a day.

14% of American kids report having NO physical

activity at all

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Average Time Spent per Day

American adolescents and teens

The Master Multi-Tasking Kids Generation

Master Multi-tasking Kids use two or more media devices at the same time.

DID YOU KNOW?

The use of media devices increased in the LAST 5 YEARS.

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Mobile Multi-Media Device Use

For American kids 8-18 years old

Scream Time Play

Leaving them to their own devices

What are the developmental benefits and costs of spending time in [voluntary structured

activities]?

When participating, young people report experiencing high challenge, concentration, and

motivation. This combination, hi h rarely o urs else here i youth’s li es, suggest they are

engaged and invested in ways that provide unique opportunities for growth.

Reed L. Wilson

Department of Human and Community Development,

University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 2001

Improved Academics and Concentration

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According to the National Association for Sports and Education, studies show that kids who are

more physically active do better academically.

Findings from a University of Illinois study showed kids who are given free play time pay more

attention to academics.

An academic experiment in a school in Saskatoon

showed kids who did 20 minutes of cardiovascular

exercise three times a week improved their academic

scores significantly –

Outdoor Play is a Family Affair

The Benefits:

Spending positive time as a family

Creating lifelong memories

Showing kids how to have fun outdoors

Introducing exercise to the whole family

DID YOU KNOW?

94% of pare ts say that their hildre ’s safety is the iggest o er when making decisions

about outdoor play. The answer to that?

GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY WITH THEM!

We all eed to be outside a d have fresh air ore ofte .

DR. Jane Jones

Pediatrician and Nature Advocate

REF:

www.sparkpe.org, m.theglobeandmail.com, pcmlifestyle.com, caloriecount.about.com, lifefamilyeducation.com,

www.medicalnewstoday.com, www.kff.org, fitness.mercola.com, www.parentingscience.com, www.healthscopemag.com,

http://plaza.ufl.edu/joeyrup/teentime.pdf, http://blogs.psychcentral.com/parenting-tips/2012/09/can-tv-videogames-and-

computer-use-be-harming-your-teens-health/

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