Today marks the end of National TV Turnoff Week (16-22 Sept) in the US. Let’s see why this day has risen to prominence in recent years.

1. Kids Just Can’t
Turn Off The TV
National TV Turnoff Week
Comes To An End
16-22 Sept
Today marks the end of National TV Turnoff Week (16-22 Sept)
in the US. Let’s see why this day has risen to prominence in recent years.
66%
Percent of Americans
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Percent of day
regularly watch children aged care centers use
television while 6-17 have TV's in TV during a
eating dinner. their bedrooms. typical day.
20,000 30-second commercials seen
in a year by an average child
Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation
with their children
38.5 mins
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Hours per year the average American youth watches television
1,680 mins
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Hours per year the average American youth spends in school
900 hours
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Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television
1,500 hours
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Some alternative activities for children and families
Volunteer in a school to teach reading, Visit the library. Borrow a book.
math, computer skills. Attend library activties.
Learn to play the guitar or other
Go ice skating or roller skating.
musical instrument.
Attend community concerts. Listen to the radio.
Organize a community clean-up. Visit the zoo.
Put together a puzzle. Paint a picture, a mural or a room.
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The following Free from TV Infographic was prepared for National TV Turnoff Week and reveals many statistics that may shock
you. It also lists several other activities that could be undertaken instead of watching TV.
Medical experts have long expressed concern about the growing trend of high obesity rates amongst children. This problem is
not just down to poor dietary choice. A major factor in children's weight gain is the relative lack of physical activity.
Many children no longer take part in activity sports. The modern child is much more likely to spend a significant portion of his
or her spare time sprawled in front of the TV screen.
Apart from the health considerations associated with the lack of physical activity, there are other negative aspects to children
being exposed to too much TV, like continual exposure to child-targeted advertisements.
The Free from TV Infographic certainly provides plenty of facts that concerned parents might want to keep in mind.
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