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The average American child spends 3.6 hours staring at a computer, television, tablet, or smartphone daily according to a new study published yesterday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
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  • September 27, 2018

Too much screen time, too little sleep linked to child development problems: Study

The average American child spends 3.6 hours staring at a computer, television, tablet, or smartphone daily according to a new study published yesterday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

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