Children ditch books and switch on internet

In The United Kingdom children are reading books for pleasure as they ditch the traditional after-school activities in favour of going online, according to a study. The Schools Health Education Unit interviewed nearly 500,000 pupils aged between ten and 15 from across the UK for the study. It showed boys were more likely to play computer games than girls, and a “significant” proportion admitted doing so the night before the survey was carried out. More At scotsman.com.