Everywhere you look, there they are. iPhones, iPads, video games, e-readers. The list keeps getting bigger and bigger. Not a day goes by when I don’t see a child staring down at their parents’ phone while walking down our office hallway to their exam room. Teenagers are looking at their phone while I’m trying to […]
Media and Violence
On average, children 8 years of age and older watch greater than 2 hours of TV a day and at least 6 hours per day when all types of media are included (e.g., movies, videos, gaming, social media, etc.) (1) Even children’s programming is quite violent with cartoons showing 25 – 50 violent acts per hour (2,3). […]
