What do you do in your free time? This was the question that a group of researchers asked. They wanted to know what teenagers do in the hours when they are not sleeping, not in school and not at work.

The researchers asked teenagers in the United States and Europe three questions: How much free time do you have each day? What do you do in your free time? Why is free time important to you?

The researchers found that American and European teens have a lot of free time. Teens are free during almost half of their waking hours.

The results also show that teenagers do a lot of different activities in their free time. American and European teenagers spend about three hours watching TV every day but less than one hour a day reading. Teenagers also enjoy spending time with family and friends, playing computer games, and doing sports. You can see this in the graph below.

Finally, the researchers found that free time is very important to teens.

In their free time
they can play and take part in activities that they enjoy. Taking part in free time activities helps teens to relax after a long day at school or work. The researchers suggest
that every teen should take part in at least two or three free time activities. So why
don’t you make free time an important part of your day?