Internet use does not disrupt children's everyday habits and typical, healthy activities. In fact, the findings present a picture of American children whose involvement in a variety of activities, including reading, playing outdoors, and doing arts and crafts, continues and even increases – even as their Internet usage is rising.

Thirty percent of all parents whose children use the Internet report that their children spend more time reading books since they began using the Internet, compared to 14 percent who say their children spend less time reading. Eighty-five percent say their children's book reading time has increased or stayed the same.

Eighty-seven percent of all parents whose four- to 17-year-old children use the Internet report that they spend the same amount of or more time reading newspapers and/or magazines since they began using the Internet, compared to 10 percent who say they spend less time.

While reading time has increased or stayed the same, television viewing has not: 37 percent of all parents whose children use the Internet report that their children's television watching has decreased since they began using the Internet at home, compared to 5 percent who say it has increased.

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