The school nurse is preparing a talk on the influence of the media on school-age children to present at the next PTO meeting. Which fact might the nurse include in the introduction?
A) Children in the United States spend about 6 hours a day either watching TV or playing video games.
B) A child will see 2,000 murders by the end of grade school and 20,000 commercials a year.
C) A school-age child cannot determine what is real from what is fantasy; therefore, TV and video games can lead to aggressive behavior.
D) Parents should limit television watching and video-game playing to 2 hours per day.
Ans: D
Parents should limit television watching and video-game playing to 2 hours per day. Children in the United States spend about 4 hours a day either watching TV or playing video games. A child will see 8,000 murders by the end of grade school and 40,000 commercials a year. Although school-age children can determine what is real from what is fantasy, research has shown that this amount of time in front of the TV—watching it or playing video games—can lead to aggressive behavior, less physical activity, and altered body image.
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