Friday, September 2, 2016

Netflix reduces children's exposure to advertising...

Given the research evidence for harmful effects of advertising on children, many parents understandably would like to insulate their children from constant ad bombardment.

Previously that meant recording all programs and fast forwarding through ads, or even editing them out. Time consuming and not all that effective necessarily.

Recently, however, kids have shifted much of their screen time to subscription streaming services such as Netflix or Amazon Prime.

My kids can find many of their favorite shows on Netflix as well as a large amount of original, child oriented programming. The lack of advertising was not lost on me!

 Here's an article.

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