Chapter 5

Television has been around since the late 1940's and is still around today.  It's changed quite a bit from it's earlier days but, it really was meant for entertainment and that's still what it does today.  Earlier on, there were a lot more family-oriented shows.  The whole family could sit around and watch a lot of things together because nearly everything was appropiate for everyone.  Now, there are a lot of ridiculous shows and movies on TV that are definitely not appropiate for kids.  Instead of being able to sit down and watch a show together as a family, parents have to keep their kids away from the television and watch adult shows without their kids.

Also, with there being so many adult shows and movies on television, it's become really hard for parents to monitor what their kids are watching.  Certain regulations and things have been put into place by the FCC like, V-Chips and the type of programs being allowed to be aired at certain times.  It's still not working, though.  Kids are still watching crap that they really have no business to be watching.  The fact is, it's too hard to monitor children 24/7 and make sure they aren't watching what they shouldn't be.

Even kids shows today, are shifting towards a more mature content.  I remember being a kid and being able to watch cartoons on Nickelodeon and Disney.  Now, there's like seriously no cartoons.  They've been replaced by shows like, Hannah Montanna and iCarlie.  The only cartoon that I still see on is Spongebob.  Everything's been replaced by live actors and actual stage sets.  Even worse, littler kids that are like 8 or 10 have nothing else to watch except these new shows about 16-year old teens.  I just feel like it's not appropriate for kids, anymore.