According to the recent “2011 WeTime Survey” about families’ use of electronics, both parents and kids are very much “plugged in.”
98% of families use electronics daily or multiple times per day.
35% of parents say their families “could not function” without electronics.
90% or more of parents are using computers, TVs, mobile phones and alarm clocks/clock radios every day.
Nearly 90% said their children are watching TV daily; other electronics used by children include computers (60%), alarm clocks (52%) and mobile phones (48%).
67% of children and 61% of parents game at least every few days; 44% of children and 39% of parents are playing a video game every day.
89% of families in the survey own some type of video-game console. The Wii is the favorite (39%), followed by the Xbox 360 (19%) and PS3 (14%).
As 2011 begins, Catholic families would do well to assess their technology consumption. Are you too tech-dependent?
Comments
Post a Comment
Post a Comment
By submitting this form, you give The National Catholic Register permission to publish this comment. Comments will be published at our discretion, and may be edited for clarity and length. For best formatting, please limit your response to one paragraph and don't hit "enter" to force line breaks.