All those parents to tend to worry that their kids indulge in too much schoolwork and extracurricular activities can now relax - at least these things are keeping the children away from being glued to television sets more. Research has revealed that the 30% of the Australian children from very well-to-do families tend to spend over 30 minutes a day more than their peers at school indulging in activities involving school, studying, reading, taking care of their home work and music lessons.

In addition, the wealthy kids also spend 20 minutes more everyday indulging in organized sports, and 10 minutes more eating.

The good thing for parents here is that these kids spend about 42 minutes less watching TV or playing video games.

To reach at the conclusion, Lead Author of the research paper Tim Olds, a professor at the school of health sciences at the University of South Australia, studied data collected through the 2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey which involved 9 to 16 year olds. ''An extra 40 minutes a day is three hours a week, and over the course of schooling is equivalent to a year of full-time work. So it does go some way in explaining educational differences [between wealthier and poorer students]'', he said.

The research paper has not been published yet.