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42% of Americans Under 8 Have Their Own Tablet (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the let-that-sink-in dept.

A reader shares an Axios report: A whopping 42% of children ages 0-8 have their own tablet device, up from less than 1% in 2011, according to Common Sense Media's newest national "Media Use by Kids" census. Families with young children are now more likely to have a subscription video service such as Netflix or Hulu (72%) than they are to have cable TV (65%). 10% of kids age 8 or under own a "smart" toy that connects to the internet and 9% have a voice-activated virtual assistant device available to them in the home, such as an Amazon Echo or Google Home.

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  1. Makes sense by mobby_6kl · · Score: 1, Funny

    8-year-olds are the only ones who still find tablets useful.

    1. Re:Makes sense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      We've been the slowest part of computing for the last three decades.

      Microsoft: "Hold my beer."

  2. A modern pacifier by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not too surprising. Just as the Boomers, were suck in front of the TV, Gen X were given Video Games, Menials have Cell Phones. It makes scene that today's kids have the newest technology to pacify them. We can tout bad parenting... But in truth having an outlet where the child is out of your hands for an hour or so, it overall beneficial. Kids before that technology were just beaten if they were too much of a problem... So having a kid, watch a movie on a tablet in terms of perspective is a good thing.

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  3. Big deal by riverat1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Big deal, I had a tablet when I was 8 years old (57 years ago) too. It had 64 pages of lined paper and I put it to good use. Now get off my lawn!