One organization in Canada has a report on the amount of screen time that children spend per day. That is the hours in front of a television or a computer monitor. The average is a staggering six hours a day:

“…The report says the average child in the 10-to-16 age group typically spends six hours a day in front of some type of screen.

That’s 42 hours a week, more than the standard adult work week.”

link: Kids spend ‘alarming’ amount of time in front of screens: report

Apart from the obvious implications upon health and physical fitness, this speaks to the development (or lack of development) of social skills. How much time is left in the day for human interactions?

Catherine Forsythe
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