I know I'm late on this one, but I had to say something. Are any of you other commenters parents? I have a one-year-old, and I don't want her seeing a lot of sex, violence, or swearing on TV (though she makes us mad enough to swear at least a hundred times a day...). Right now, she's young enough that I can accomplish my goal easily -- I catch Mister Rogers on my DVR every day, and if she wants to watch TV, I put on an episode or three. Solved. But wait a few years, when she discovers that there's other shows out there to watch -- as her dad, I want to have a hand in choosing what she sees and hears through her formative years, and if the TV can help with that through voluntary (!!!) rating systems, great. I'm not going to tell her she can't watch GI Joe (or whatever the kids have these days -- am I dating myself here?) because it's "violent", but I don't want her seeing Die Hard on TNT or South Park or whatever, especially when she's old enough to understand what the bad words mean. I don't think you need to baby your kids till they're 20, but can't I baby her till she's three or four or five?
Remember, none of these laws *require* parents to use the V-Chip, or even mandate that they default to block "bad" content -- it's a strictly voluntary system for getting information to the consumer, and more information is never a bad thing.
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I know I'm late on this one, but I had to say something. Are any of you other commenters parents? I have a one-year-old, and I don't want her seeing a lot of sex, violence, or swearing on TV (though she makes us mad enough to swear at least a hundred times a day...). Right now, she's young enough that I can accomplish my goal easily -- I catch Mister Rogers on my DVR every day, and if she wants to watch TV, I put on an episode or three. Solved. But wait a few years, when she discovers that there's other shows out there to watch -- as her dad, I want to have a hand in choosing what she sees and hears through her formative years, and if the TV can help with that through voluntary (!!!) rating systems, great. I'm not going to tell her she can't watch GI Joe (or whatever the kids have these days -- am I dating myself here?) because it's "violent", but I don't want her seeing Die Hard on TNT or South Park or whatever, especially when she's old enough to understand what the bad words mean. I don't think you need to baby your kids till they're 20, but can't I baby her till she's three or four or five?
Remember, none of these laws *require* parents to use the V-Chip, or even mandate that they default to block "bad" content -- it's a strictly voluntary system for getting information to the consumer, and more information is never a bad thing.