According to a study from Nielsen Online discovered that children are getting internet at a faster rate than their older siblings and parents. The new study found almost 16 million U.S. kids between the ages 2 and 11 got online in May. The kids made up around 9.5% of all net users.
The president of Grunwald Associates LLC, Peter Grunwald told the youngest of the net users, which are 2, 3, and 4-year-old, are sitting in their parent’s lap before a computer being exposed to the web. Grunwald told children are beginning to make their own content rather than using the net as a passive viewer.
Nielsen reported the number of young kids online has increased by 18% in the recent 5 years, compared to 10% growth amongst all Internet users. The growth comes as the sum of U.S. youngster under 14 is declining. On the other hand, the time kids spend online grew 63% in the last five years, from 7 hours in May 2004 to more than 11 hours online May 2009. Nielsen found, too that boys spent 7% more time online than their counter part girls. However, girls viewed 9% more web sites than boys. 
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