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Most common reasons for parental concerns about zero- to eight-year-old children's usage of screen media in the United States (U.S.) as of August 2024

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Spending too much time with screen media	80%
Screen media's impact on attention spans	79%
How much sexual content is in screen media	76%
How much violent content is in screen media	75%
Screen media's impact on mental health	75%
Cyberbullying online	74%
Companies collecting data about your child through screen media	73%
How much advertising and materialism there is in screen media	72%
The impact of screen media on body image	69%
Depictions of drugs and alcohol in screen media	65%
Racial and ethnic stereotypes in screen media	58%
Gender stereotypes of girls and boys in screen media	55%

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Release date

February 2025

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Region

United States

Survey time period

August 5 to 29, 2024

Number of respondents

1,578 respondents

Special properties

Conducted among parents having at least one child aged under eight years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Screen media includes content available through any kind of screen like TV, DVDs, VR headset, tablet, phones etc.

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According to a survey conducted in August 2024, eight in 10 parents in the United States reported to be worried about overuse of screen media among children aged between zero and eight years. Screen media impact on attention span ranked as second most common reason among U.S. parents to be worried about kids' media usage. The amount of explicit content displayed on screen media sparked worry among 76 percent of parents having young children in the region.