I'm still putting together my next series of posts on what the Bible teaches about work and rest, but I just had to post this startling news bit featured in the November 2nd edition of the Plugged-In Online newsletter:
There are 168 hours in a week. According to this stat, on AVERAGE (meaning some kids view more, and some people view less), kids ages 2 to 5 are spending 19% of their time watching TV. That's nearly 1/5th of their time, and that includes the time they spend sleeping. 6 to 11 year olds are spending only slightly less at about 17% of their time, or roughly 1/6th. Just think about that for a bit. The leading reason why the 6 to 11 year olds spend less time watching TV? They go to school. That's it.
Go ahead and ponder that for a bit. Now, how much time do YOU spend watching TV? How about your kids? I challenge you to keep track of how much TV you watch this next week, then take a look at how much time was spent watching TV (no, I don't think watching TV is by default just "wasting time", but when done to excess, that's EXACTLY what it becomes). I'll do the same and report back next Tuesday.
"Children's television viewing is at an eight-year-high, according to the Nielsen Company's latest statistical parsing of Americans' TV habits. Kids ages 2 to 5 spend 32 hours a week parked in front of the tube, while 6- to 11-year-olds watch slightly less (28 hours). [mediapost.com, 10/26/09 stats]"
There are 168 hours in a week. According to this stat, on AVERAGE (meaning some kids view more, and some people view less), kids ages 2 to 5 are spending 19% of their time watching TV. That's nearly 1/5th of their time, and that includes the time they spend sleeping. 6 to 11 year olds are spending only slightly less at about 17% of their time, or roughly 1/6th. Just think about that for a bit. The leading reason why the 6 to 11 year olds spend less time watching TV? They go to school. That's it.
Go ahead and ponder that for a bit. Now, how much time do YOU spend watching TV? How about your kids? I challenge you to keep track of how much TV you watch this next week, then take a look at how much time was spent watching TV (no, I don't think watching TV is by default just "wasting time", but when done to excess, that's EXACTLY what it becomes). I'll do the same and report back next Tuesday.
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