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My sister refused to have cable or satellite tv for years while her children were young and they went so far as to pack their television in storage at times because they were so disgusted with what was on television. Yes, you can control that. However, the children made friendships with other children at school and would go over to *their* homes to watch television in the afternoons, so they still got exposure to Jerry Springer, soap operas and other tv filth.

My sister came unglued when she found out her school was showing kids R-rated movies as "reward" for good behavior.

Ultimately, the parents have the most influence but even the best of them can't control what their kids watch 24/7 and frankly those aren't the kids that concern me. It's the latchkey underparented sat-in-front-of-the-tube-while-Mommy-parties-or-gets-drunk kids that worry me. What's so wrong about tv stations being responsible for what they put on the air? If ALL the responsibility belongs to the parents, why doesn't CBS/FOX/ABC etc just show non-stop porn? Oh, that's right, they practically do.

It's the latchkey underparented sat-in-front-of-the-tube-while-Mommy-parties-or-gets-drunk kids that worry me.

Just wondering, where's the father in this picture? Or where his morals forged while watching this trash and he willy-nilly propagates without marriage and responsibility?