How times have changed: At left, in a file photo, fourth-grader Brady Winterton, 9, does his homework alongside his schoolmates. Analia Edwards does her homework at a computer station at the Michelle Obama Library in Long Beach. (Photos: Rachel Luna, The Press-Enterprise and Thomas R. Cordova, Press-Telegram /SCNG)
According to a 2017 report released by Common Sense Media, children 8 years old and younger spend an average of two hours and 19 minutes a day on mobile devices, watching television, DVDs and videos, playing video games, computers and small digital devices like iPods and virtual reality headsets.
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