Attention Quote by Claire Tomalin

It's not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.

— Yeardley Smith

Some television programs are made very attractive to young children by presenting short, rapidly moving sequences and ever-changing episodes.... Some experts now argue that…

— Sandra Scarr

The problems with kids having short attention spans is driven by entertainment, reset buttons on games, games having to do with getting somewhere and…

— Bill Cosby

The leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive...It is estimated that…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The first TV babies are now writing with a TV mind that has no attention span at all.

— Gore Vidal

Television deprives children of their imaginations.

— Theodore Isaac Rubin

“Here’s a scary stat: for each daily hour of TV a little one watches under age three, his likelihood of having an attention deficit…

— Megan McGrory Massaro

Encourage your children to read more and watch television less.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

In general, watching children's television is a dark and surreal descent into madness where the characters on the screen talk directly to you.

— John Green

Today, children are watching more and more television, and are bombarded over and over with images and content that have the potential to dramatically…

— Tim Murphy

I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business of thinking…

— Robin McKinley

We say that children are bad at paying attention, but we really mean that they're bad at not paying attention - they easily get…

— Alison Gopnik