"The average American child sees 10,000 food ads on television each year," he said.

An average child will go through several thousand diapers in his/her life.

The average white child attends a school that is just 9 percent black.

"The average American child spends 44 hours a week with electronic media".

The average child in America will be presented with about $200 worth of toys this year.

New and more effective teaching strategies are all aimed at the average child.

The average American child has six to 10 colds a year.

So, when it comes to the law, what rights does the average child or teenager have?

They are forced to mature faster than the average child.

The answer is, sadly, that all too often we simply don't attend to our average children's needs very well.