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Welcome! Kids do not see the world through the same eyes of experience as do adults. Kids see things more for what they are and have a harder time distinguishing fiction from reality. No wonder fictional (and reality TV) television characters are such a big influence in kids’ lives! Kids imitate their favorite television characters consciously and/or subconsciously, which can have positive affects on kids, but also extremely negative affects. Over three-quarters of the female characters in television comedies are underweight, more often then not, television characters use violence to resolve conflicts, and on television one alcohol drinking scene is shown every twenty two minutes. And the average kid watches three to four hours of television a day! Kids are exposed to these negative fictional (and reality TV) role models much too often, which influences kids to look and act differently, a risk to their physical and mental healths.

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Here are some facts about kids and television:

• Estimated number of TV homes: 109.6 million
• Average time kids spend watching TV each day: 3-4 Hours
• Children spend more time watching television than in any other activity except sleep.
• 54% of kids have a TV in their bedroom.
• 44% of kids say they watch something different when they’re alone than with their parents (25% choose MTV).
• 66% of children (ages 10 to 16) surveyed say that their peers are influenced by TV shows.
• The average youth living in the U.S. watches television 25 hours a week.

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