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Several studies have found evidence that too much television is bad for the development of children, even when it is only on in the background.
A new study in The Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has tracked just how much background TV American children are exposed to. The results are a startling 232.2 minutes, or 4 hours, every day.
Unfortunately, children who are African-American, younger or from low-income families are absorbing the most background television.
Children living in single-parent households and those with parents having less formal education were exposed to much more background television. African American and younger children were found to get, on average, 5.5 hours per day, and children from poor families nearly 6.
The report also cites that children from these groups are typically at risk for other “social and cognitive problems” such as “struggle with self-regulation and have higher rates of obesity.”