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Despite the higher-tech devices that now lay claim to kids’ free time, the TV set remains after-school king of the hill. The chart below, summarizing a Mediamark Research Inc. poll, makes this clear with respect to 6-11-year-olds. There wasn’t a significant gender gap in the incidence of watching TV, playing with toys or hanging with friends. But boys were far more likely than girls to include playing video games among their after-school favorites (63 percent vs.

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