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Article: A smarter summer: Less TV
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- New York Amsterdam News
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- July 19, 2000
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Rasco, Carol H.
New York Amsterdam News
07-19-2000
A smarter summer: Less TV
Would you allow your child to spend their summer vacation watching
television every waking moment for two straight months? Of course not! Yet
over the course of a year, that is how much time the average child watches
TV -- 1,000 hours, or more than 60 16-hour days!
The shows kids watch add up, and summer's free time can mean even more time
for the tube. But most parents don't want their kids to have a "dumber
summer." That's when a student's school year gains are eroded or erased by
months of mental idleness.
National studies show a decline in achievement when kids watch TV more than
10-15 hours per week. Students earn ...