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Children and Media
PBS Parents Guide to Children and Media

Discover how TV, movies, advertising, computers and video games can shape your child's development and what you can do to create a media-literate household.

TV and Kids under Age 3

Almost three quarters of infants and toddlers are exposed to TV programs before they turn two.

What does research say about the impact of TV on these young viewers?

IM & TXT Lexicon

Get more definitions for the slang used in instant messages and cell phone text messages as well as other media terms in our Media Glossary.

Preschoolers

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