Babies as Young as Twelve Months Get Nearly an Hour of Screen Time a Day, Study Finds
December 2, 2019
By: Alyson Klein
Source: Education Week
Babies as young as twelve months are exposed to nearly an hour a day of screen time, despite warnings from pediatricians to avoid digital media exposure for children under a year and a half, according to a new analysis released by the National Institutes of Health, the University at Albany, and New York University Lagone Medical Center.
And 3-year-olds spend more than 150 minutes on screens per day. In fact, 8-year-olds spend less time on screens than their younger counterparts, just under an hour and a half day. Researchers suggest that could be because older children have already started school.