Digital Device Users Getting Younger and Younger and Younger
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Nowadays, before a child in the U.S. even says his first word, he may actually be playing with an electronic device.
According to the Einstein Healthcare Network, which surveyed 370 parents with children from half-a-year to four years old, more than a third of infants handled smartphones and tablets by the age of six months and one in seven use these gadgets for an hour a day by the time they turned one.
Also, 52 percent of parents, who were from a low-income, minority community, reported that before the age of one, their children had viewed TV while 24 percent made a call to someone, 15 percent used apps and 12 percent played video games.
Overall, most kids were using mobile devices by age two, the survey found.
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