Children Spending On Average 7hr30 Everyday online
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According to a recent study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a leading US based welfare institute, it has been revealed that kids and young teenagers aged 8-18 years are spending around seven and a half hours online, on average in a day. The study states that by using devices like iPods, smartphones and gaming devices, children are consuming almost consuming 10 hours of electronic content by the way of multi-tasking on the devices, which allow them to do...
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