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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 "While the research is still in its early stages, it suggests that the Internet may actually be changing how our brains work. Too much hypertext and multimedia content has been linked in some kids to limited attention span, lower comprehension, poor focus, greater risk for depression and diminished long-term memory." - Chelsea Clinton "While the research is still in its early stages, it suggests that the Internet may actually be changing how our brains work. Too much hypertext and multimedia content has been linked in some kids to limited attention span, lower comprehension, poor focus, greater risk for depression and diminished long-term memory." - Chelsea Clinton 84% To request references:info@naturekidsinstitute.org THE DISNEY CHANNEL became available on basic cable in 1999 NICKELODEON became a 24-hour network in the late 80s now available in 98,799,000 homes now available in 98,142,000 homes The average American child watches 4.5 hours of television every day 2009 8-18-year-olds with home Internet access 2009 1999 URBANIZATION RISE OF PARENTAL FEAR AVAILABILITY OF THE INTERNET 1994 SONY PlayStation launched 1.5 hours every day urban populationgrows by morethan 2 million people per year RISE OF HOME GAME SYSTEMS 155 millionPlayStation 2s sold 47% "Parental fears - of traffic, of crime, even of nature itself, such as with Lyme disease or the West Nile virus - play a big role in keeping kids indoors. What's unfortunate is that these fears have been over-amplified by the media, and the overall effect is that kids spend more time in their homes, or very close to home." - Richard Louv TELEVISION PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN 2012 shorter days economic hardship and budget cuts threatened more than 100 state parks in the US economic hardship and budget cuts threatened more than 100 state parks in the US DISAPPEARANCE OF PARKS & PUBLIC GREEN SPACES shorter seasons 49% 4.5 kids in the US get an average of 26 minutes of recess per day, including lunchtime teachers report decreased funding for field trips CUTS TO RECESS & FIELD TRIPS 60% only 4 states in the US mandate recess length of an average school day 26 kids in the US get an average of 26 minutes of recess per day, including lunchtime 26 4 5 6.7 hours hours students in grades 3-12 spend more than an hourevery night doing homework OVER-SCHEDULING CHILDREN 45% 47% 78% 76% per week spent on homework (10th grade) children have smartphones children have cell phones children have iPods/MP3s children who do not go outside with parents or caregivers each day 80% rural land in the US isbeing converted to urbanuses at a rate of faster than3 million acres per year percent US population living in urban areas THE MOBILE REVOLUTION
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