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Tell you what. Move your kids into a crackhouse and try to keep them off drugs. After a month see if "it's the parents responsibility..." or "just don't talk to the pushers" sounds like a good idea.

OK... I'm in a helpful mood... Tell me a little about your TV set. Does it have a little push-button to turn it on? Or is it a little knob that you turn? For the former, that would be the push button, firmly press the button until the TV stops doing things. For the other kind, turn the knob counter-clockwise? Which way is counter-clockwise? Never mind. Just turn it a bit. If the sound gets louder, turn it the other way. Keep turning until you hear a click.

If all of this is too technical, reach around to the back of the set and feel for cords. At least one of these goes to the wall. Give it a tug. If it doesn't want to come out, try tugging on another. Eventually, you'll find the one that comes easily out of the wall. This will solve all of your problems.

(Just be glad that we don't life in a world of intrusive busybodies; like in Orwell's 1984. The sets in 1984 wouldn't turn off.)