Jan
21
2010
Media Saturation among Teens
Here is a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation on the online lives of children and teenagers, finding stunning statistics like this: “Eight-to-eighteen-year-olds spend more time with media than in any other activity besides (maybe) sleeping—an average of more than 7 1/2 hours a day, seven days a week.” The report goes on to say that due to multi-tasking, the average kid actually consumes 11 hours of media in that 7.5 hour time frame.
Albert Mohler has a summary and some reflections. Here is his conclusion:
We cannot simply accept that constant media saturation is now a fact of nature and a matter of constant need. These technologies and devices have their places, but the role of parents is to establish rules that protect children and teenagers from being dominated by technology and an army of digital devices. At the end of the day, parents must find the courage and wisdom to know when to disconnect.