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

Posted by msmash on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @04:42AM 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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Re:Makes sense by Captain+Splendid · 2017-10-24 04:55 · Score: 5, Informative

Only because you have no imagination. I'm still using mine as a light browser, email client, videophone, occasional gaming time waster, VNC client, as well as acting as the remote for my soundbar, TV and Plex server.

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Re:A modern pacifier by jellomizer · 2017-10-24 04:58 · Score: 5, Insightful

The kids on the the side that lost WWII were beaten as well.

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