Understanding Your Child’s Physical Development

Research tells us the following about children and television:

• School-age children watch an average of 28 hours of television per week.

• Children are influenced by advertisements. They want what they see.

• Over 50 percent of children have a TV in their bedroom.

• Boys watch more TV than girls.

• Children who watch a lot of TV are more overweight than other children.

• Children in the U.S. watch more television than children in any other developed country.

How much TV does your child watch?

— Veola Vazquez

Last updated: May 2005

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• Introduction • Healthy Body Images • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome • Comparing Physical Skills • TV Facts • Organized Sports • Preparing for Puberty • How Much TV?