It might seem like kids are becoming more tightly glued to their screens with every passing day, but according to an American survey by the non-profit Common Sense Media, kids zero to eight are spending about the same amount of time on screens as they were six years ago. The way they?re using screens, however, has shifted dramatically. Curious how your children stack up against every other YouTube-obsessed kid"
On average, in 2017, kids up to eight spend two hours and 19 minutes on screens a day, and 48 minutes of that is on mobile devices, like tablets and smartphones. That?s three times what kids spent on mobile devices in 2013, and way more than the five minutes a day kids spent on mobile devices in 2011.

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Almost all (98 percent of) kids live in a house with at least one mobile device, according to the survey, while 45 percent of kids under eight have one of their own. And, in case your kid has been begging for one, you may be interested to know that, among kids ages five to eight, 59 percent have their own tablet, nine percent have their own iPod Touch or similar device, and seven percent have their own smartphone.
All those mobile devices ...