Our Kids and Their New Mode of Entertainment (Two Parts)

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It seems like the ratio of kids logging on are increasing and their age range getting younger. Kids seem to delight not only in playing video games on the computer but they also see this as a form of entertainment.I chanced upon this new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation that shows a "dramatic" rise in the amount of time children and teens spend using entertainment media, "especially among minority youth." The study, "Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-year-olds," only focused on recreational use of media, not homework, school-related online research, or reading books for school. The report showed that 8 to 18-year-olds "devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes to …