Many parents work hard to limit the amount of time their kids spend glued to the television, but a new study finds that exposure is nonetheless creeping into American kids' daily routines in more insidious ways. On any given day, children in the U.S. are exposed to nearly four hours of background TV -- a finding that experts say may take a toll on children's development.
Research measuring direct, foreground television exposure suggests that between birth and age 6, the average child in the U.S. watches nearly an-hour-and-a-half per day. But the new study, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, is the first to quantify kids' indirect exposure to TV.
"The sheer amount of exposure is startling," said study author Jessica Taylor Piotrowski, an assistant professor with the Amsterdam School of Communication Research at the University of Amsterdam.
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