Digital Smarts - Boomerang Study: Kids, Cartoons and Schedules

A recent study by Boomerang aimed to examine the importance of downtime and humor for children. The study comes on the heels of recent research from The LEGO Group finding that 88% of families who play together for five hours or more a week claim to be happy, despite playtime getting squeezed due to hectic schedules. Boomerang found that nearly half of the parents surveyed reported that their children spend 4-7 hours each week at extracurricular activities. A quarter of respondents say their kids often have more commitments and busier social lives than they do, and don’t get enough downtime or relaxation. The parents taking the survey had children between the ages of 4 and 7 and were from France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa and Turkey.