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The average child aged 8-18 uses about 47 hours of media per week. (source: The Kaiser Family Foundation, Kids & Media @ The New Millennium, November 1999.)

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Children under age six spend as much time consuming ‘screen media’ (1:58) as outside playing (2:02). (source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Children and Electronic Media, October 2003.)

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A pre-schooler’s risk of obesity jumps 6% for every hour of TV they watch. If that child had a TV in his or her bedroom, the odds of being overweight jumped an additional 31% for every hour watched. (source: Dennison MD, Barbara A., Erb MS, Tara A., and Jenkins PhD, Paul L. (2002, June). Television viewing and television in bedroom associated with overweight risk among low-income preschool children. Pediatrics, 109, 1028-1035.)

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By the time an average child reaches age 18, s/he will have seen 200,000 acts of violence and 40,000 murders. (source: Huston, A.C. et al (1992). Big world, small screen: The role of television in American society, cited at www.mediafamily.org)

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By the time an average child reaches age 18, s/he will have seen 200,000 acts of violence and 40,000 murders. (source: Huston, A.C. et al (1992). Big world, small screen: The role of television in American society, cited at www.mediafamily.org)

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The average child sees 40,000 television commercials each year. (source: Professor Dale Kunkel in The Handbook of Children and Media, 2001.)

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According to the NHTSA manual, more than 80 percent of car seats are improperly installed.