Follow the Rules. The award-winning video, Operation School Bus Safety , is available for free rental at more than 4,200 Blockbuster Video stores nationwide. Parents Guide to the Internet introduces parents to the online world and discusses how to navigate it, so that they can share the wonders of this new technology with their children while protecting them from its hazards. A Guide to Critical Viewing for Parents and Children helps parents and children become more selective and critical TV viewers. The guide is part of the Family and Community Critical Viewing Project, a National PTA partnership with the National Cable Television Association and Cable in the Classroom created to diffuse the impact of TV violence and commercialism on children.
Families also can use the guide to evaluate their own TV-viewing habits.
A companion video hosted by Rosie O Donnell is also available. A Family Guide to the TV Ratings Systems is a video-based program instructing parents on the ratings system that went into effect in October 1997. A brochure reiterating the ratings accompanies the video. These resources are available through local cable operators or by writing the NCTA at 1724 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20036-1969.