You can teach your children to be informed TV viewers by choosing programs together and watching them with your kids. Talk to them about how conflicts are resolved or how people are stereotyped and express your approval or disapproval about what you see. By using television to foster learning you can make TV watching a positive experience for your family. Build a home video library by collecting your family's favorite movies and TV Shows. Tape educational and family TV programs to assure there are always approved of quality programs for your children to watch.
Parents carefully plan and choose the foods their children eat.
Think about choosing TV programs in the same manner and place your own nutritional label on the programs your family watches. You'll help your children to be healthy television consumers. Children say that watching television is their favorite after school activity. Set rules for your children's TV viewing and stick to those rules. Watch TV with your children and talk to them about the messages and images they are seeing.