We're back with your next installment of Youth IN THE KNOW E-Newsletter, to keep you IN THE KNOW about kids, tweens, teens, and college students. To continue to receive this e-newsletter, please opt-in. KIDS - DID U KNOW? Children Age Zero to Six Spend As Much Time With TV, Computers and Video Games As Playing Outside (http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia102803nr.cfm ) TWEENS - DID U KNOW? Youth, particularly tweens, agree that they often pay close attention to advertisements to make sure they buy the right products (36% of tweens ages 8-12 and 22% of teens ages 13-18). (http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/allnewsbydate.asp?NewsID=1082) TEENS - DID U KNOW? 68 percent of teens have created profiles on social networks like MySpace.com, Xanga or Facebook (http://news.com.com/Teens+and+media+a+full-time+job/2100-1041_3-6141920.html)<//font><//strong><//span> COLLEGE STUDENTS - DID U KNOW? On average, a college student spends $70 annually on movie tickets compared to $32 for the general population including children. (http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/allnewsbydate.asp?NewsID=773) U have questions and we have access - to kids, tweens, teens, and college students. Send us your questions and we'll get U answers straight from the horse's mouth. National Geographic Kids is the Official Publication of the Youth Marketing Mega Event Kids and Tweens Tracks - that's great for you because you get access to their brand new research on kids, tweens and health. They asked respondents ages 6-14... Which would you like to be in 2007: healthier, happier, or richer? - Happier 42%
- Healthier 37%
- Richer 22%
Who do you think is healthier overall: you or your parents? - I'm healthier 29%
- My parents are healthier 15%
- We're both about the same 57%
Approximately how many hours a day do you spend at home without any adult supervision? - None: There is always an adult home with me 36%
- Less than an hour 29%
- 1-2 hours 25%
- 3-4 hours 9%
- 5-6 hours 1%
- More than 6 hours 0%
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