Children Quote by Paul Weyrich

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

“Amount of time an American child spends watching television, annually: 1,500 hours. Amount of time an American child spends in school, annually: 900 hours.”

— Peter Strupp

“Americans 2 years of age and older now spend an average of four hours and 49 minutes per day in front of the TV—20…

— John Medina

The hours spent viewing TV are hours not available for actively participating in the real world, or playing, or being involved with friends and…

— Louise Hart

Why is it that adults are always telling kids to go watch television as though we have nothing better to do?

— Ingrid Law

Kids aren't growing up with a sense of television as the aspirational place for their ideas.

— Kevin Spacey

It’s not whether children learn from television, it’s what children learn from television... because everything that children see on television is teaching them something.

— Joan Ganz Cooney

I've no patience for people who say they never watch television. It's a great way to keep in touch with popular culture, and it's…

— Terry Wogan

Kids arent growing up with a sense of television as the aspirational place for their ideas.

— Kevin Spacey

It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.

— Matt Groening

I teach that people should watch less TV. I don't care what else they're doing! The average American's watching anywhere from three to six…

— Jack Canfield

There is an association between the number of hours that the television is on at home and early childhood aggression.

— Catherine Taylor