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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Parents are turning off the television and playing a more active role in raising their children than 10 years ago, according to new data released on Wednesday.

The data from the U.S. Census Bureau also showed that parents are taking a more active role in the lives of their children.

For example in 2004, 47 percent of teenagers were restricted in what they watched on television, when and for long, which was up from 40 percent in 1994.

Among the 3- to 5-year-old set about 68 percent were limited in their television viewing, up from 54 percent, and 71 percent of children aged 6 to 11 faced restrictions, compared with 60 percent 10 years earlier.

The findings was among 30 tables published Wednesday that addressed children's living arrangements, family characteristics, academic experience, and so on.

"Parents are more involved in general than they were 10 years ago," bureau researcher Jane Dye told Reuters.

"They are more likely to be reading to their children, and more likely to be putting limits on TV viewing, they are more likely to enroll them in lessons outside of school."

The figures showed that reading to children remained almost a daily family activity with parents on average reading to children aged 1 to 2 an average of 7.8 times a week and to children aged 3 to 5 about 6.8 times.

Children are participating more in lessons outside of school, such as music, dance, language, and computers.

Among 6- to 11-year olds, the number involved in extracurricular classes rose to 33 percent from 24 percent.

The researchers found parents are eating regularly with their children, particularly younger kids.

In 2004, 53 percent of children younger than 6 ate breakfast with their parents every day while 22 percent of teenagers did so.

Dinner was more of a family meal with 78 percent of children younger than 6 eating nightly with their parents and 57 percent of teenagers.

"Overall we are seeing parents are more involved with their children now," said Dye.

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