ROTW: Parents, children, and media
I’ve been laying low for a few days, giving Did YounKnow? 2.0 the opportunity to get some traction. So far, so good,nalthough I don’t expect it to get as much attention as the first versionndid.
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Anyway, on with the show. It’s time for the third installment of mynnew Report of the Week (ROTW) feature. This week’snreport is from the Kaiser FamilynFoundation:
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Here’s a quote from the report:
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Most parents aren’t very happy with the amount of sex or violence in thenmedia today. Two-thirds say they are very concerned about the amount ofninappropriate media content children in this country are exposed to, and manynbelieve media is a major contributor to young people’s violent or sexualnbehaviors. In fact, a strong majority would support government regulations onnthe amount of such content during the early evening hours. . . . At the samentime, the majority of parents see inappropriate media primarily as someonenelse’s problem: only one in five (20%) say their own children are seeing “a lot”nof inappropriate content. The proportion of parents who are “very” concernednabout their own children’s exposure to sex or violence on TV – while still highn- has declined steadily over the past nine years.
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I think the Kaiser Family Foundation has annumber of great reports. If you haven’t seen them, also check out their reportsnon media in thenlives of 8–18 year-olds, how kids’ media usenhelps parents cope, and how Internet filtersnaffect the search for online health information.
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Happy reading!
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