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Kids Increasingly Staring at Glowing Screens, Study Finds

Season 2011 Episode 2980 | 9m 38s

How much time are our youngest children spending in front of screens? Jeffrey Brown discusses new studies that chronicle the increasing use of digital devices by young children -- and the resulting health effects -- with James Steyer of Common Sense Media and Dr. Ari Brown of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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