Although 40% of American parents now own TV equipped with V- chip...
Although 40% of American parents now own TV equipped with V- chip, only 17% of them are using it to block programs with sexual or violent content, according Kaiser Family Foundation survey. In contrast, more than half of all…
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parents have consulted TV ratings to decide what their children can watch, it said. More than half of parents with V-chip didn’t know their TV was equipped with one, survey found, and of those who were aware, only 1/3 had programmed it to block programs. The survey said 56% of parents reported having used TV ratings system to determine what their children could watch.