Research from the Kaiser Family Foundation concerning media use by children, age 8-18, shows:

·   Kids spend almost 8 hours a day using media

·   The largest chunk of this time is with TV – 4½ hours a day

·   Music has grown the most since 1999, then TV, then computers

·   MP3 ownership has quadrupled in the last 5 years

·   Mobile phone ownership has doubled

·   Tweens (8 hours and 40 minutes a day) use more media than other ages 

·   On average, kids use media more than they sleep

– via ParentingInTheDigitalAge.com, 9/29/14

Deuteronomy 6:6-7  “And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”