According to [1] the average US adult watches 4 hours 10 minutes of live TV per day. Personally that comes as a surprise to me - but I would expect Nielsen to know a thing or two about surveying TV viewership.
The article claims nearly 4.5 hours per day. I find that hard to believe... I don't know any children (in my admittedly biased sample) that watch more than an hour or two.
I know families who literally leave a tv on for the kids 24/7. It's on during meals, it's on during the day, it's there as they are getting ready for bed. Just constantly on and droning away.
I cannot understand that behavior. Even an hour or two a day seems like a lot for a kid to me.
I probably watched more than that growing up so ymmv. I always wonder how they collect statistics like these. Questionnaires / self reporting by parents?
michaelt|6 years ago
[1] https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2018/time-flies-...
ilikehurdles|6 years ago
gwtaylor|6 years ago
Pfhreak|6 years ago
I cannot understand that behavior. Even an hour or two a day seems like a lot for a kid to me.
eganist|6 years ago
7:00pm-8:00pm -- dinner with the family (during tv, possibly)
8:00pm-11:00pm -- homework + tv (mostly tv)
11:00pm-1:00am -- tv
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Even including sports practice, we've cracked over five hours, and that's from when I was in grade school.
kuroguro|6 years ago
unknown|6 years ago
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mobjack|6 years ago
Some parents have the TV on in the background but the children are distracted with other tasks.
For example, I will watch the news while my daughter plays in the same room doing her own thing.