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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Free From TV!
Children as well as adults are becoming increasingly susceptible towards the unhealthy effects of TV nowadays. Do you know
that TV is watched by 66% of US people during their dinner time? About 50% of American children aged between 6-17 years
have TV sets in their bedrooms! During a typical day, 70% of day care centres use a television.
A few shocking facts:
1. TV is watched for 1680 minutes in a year by an average American youth
2. Only 38.5 minutes is spent by parents to have a meaningful conversation with their children in US
3. On a weekly basis, an average child is spending approximately 25 hours watching television. Thus, on a yearly basis the
child is spending 1300 hours watching TV which is more than the number of hours spend in school (900 hours in a year)!
4. A US child watches an astonishing 20,000 30 second commercials in a yearly basis!
There are various activities which are more fun and entertaining than turning on a TV and sitting at home. Children along with
their families can engage in fun activities such as going for ice skating or roller skating, paint a room, a mural or a picture,
attend a community concert, volunteer to teach maths, reading, computer skills in a school, visit the library, play a guitar or any
other musical instrument, participate in a community clean-up, listen to the radio, put together a puzzle, visit a zoo etc.
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