Children average 3.4 hours daily on electronic devices, poll finds

Pediatricians recommend limiting screen time to no more than one hour per day of high-quality programming. (Dreamstime)

Children younger than 18 throughout the metropolitan area are logging substantial amounts of time on electronic devices with 65% riveted to screens in excess of three hours daily and 22% glued to devices for more than five hours a day, a new public health poll has found. 

The attraction: Games, cartoons, texting, chatting, surfing – immersion into cyberspace.