Common Sense Media has released an infographic detailing their report of media consumption by American tweens (8-12 years old) and teens (12-18-year-olds). The facts are scary, tweens spend on average six hours per day consuming media and teens are up to 9 hours a day. This is media outside of school or homework. What happened to climbing trees?

Infographic showing the media use by tweens + teens: 

Here is a video of two teens and their media-saturated life:

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