According to a recent NPD Group survey, kids ages 4 to 14 are using consumer electronics devices six months earlier than they were in the 2005 study. The data comes from The NPD Group's recently released report, Kids and Consumer Electronics II. According to the report, both devices and video game systems are becoming more entrenched in the lives of kids today, with nine of the 11 devices measured in the study being used more today than in the past.

Overall household ownership shows desktop PCs, DVD players, non-portable televisions and cell phones dominating, with digital cameras, portable digital music players and laptop computers gaining ground. In terms of personal ownership, more than twice the amount of kids personally own portable digital music players and digital cameras this year versus 2005, while cell phone ownership is up by 50 percent.