Child Screen Time
The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is developing a series of reports, Healthy Children, Healthy State, to raise awareness of child health risk factors in order to develop new programs and actions, and to build on current initiatives in Texas. The Child Screen Time report showcases the current state of screen time for children in Texas.
This report was last updated on August 4, 2025 and utilizes the 2021-2023 Texas SPAN data.
Highlights
- 80% of Texas children and adolescents have electronic devices (TV, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) in the room where they sleep.
- 90% of Texas school-aged children and adolescents spend 2 or more hours/day on screens outside of school time or schoolwork.
- 18.4% of 2nd grade students spent more than 4 hours of recreational screen time per day.
Past Reports
