Screen time of children increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During a August 2021 survey of parents in the United States, 51 percent of respondents stated that their children had more than three hours of screen time outside of homework per day. Another third of responding parents claimed that their children spent one to two hours with screen on a daily basis. Daily screen time of children outside of homework according to parents in the United States as of August 2021 (in hours)
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eMarketer. (October 7, 2021). Daily screen time of children outside of homework according to parents in the United States as of August 2021 (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273370/screen-time-per-day-children-usa/
eMarketer. "Daily screen time of children outside of homework according to parents in the United States as of August 2021 (in hours)." Chart. October 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273370/screen-time-per-day-children-usa/
eMarketer. (2021). Daily screen time of children outside of homework according to parents in the United States as of August 2021 (in hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273370/screen-time-per-day-children-usa/
eMarketer. "Daily Screen Time of Children outside of Homework According to Parents in The United States as of August 2021 (in Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273370/screen-time-per-day-children-usa/
eMarketer, Daily screen time of children outside of homework according to parents in the United States as of August 2021 (in hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273370/screen-time-per-day-children-usa/ (last visited April 20, 2024)
Daily screen time of children outside of homework according to parents in the United States as of August 2021 (in hours) [Graph], eMarketer, October 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273370/screen-time-per-day-children-usa/