From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 02:45:25 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: V-Chip Reruns...
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At 07:14 AM 4/3/98 +0200, Asynchronous wrote:
>"Once my daughter started reading books in the 'Goose Bumps'
>series", says one concerned parent, "reading became like an
>addiction to her."  Even though the books were so violent and
>scary the girl had nightmares.  "Soon she started reading beyond
>her grade level and was getting into books with 'adult themes'."
>The problem, say most busy parents, is that kids can visit
>the local library and borrow anything they choose, regardless
>of their family's values.

While this was a parody, I did recently see a TV news segment
discussing ratings regulations on TV and the Internet.
They interviewed one parent who was quite concerned -
her daughter had her own TV in her bedroom, and there
was no way to know what she might be watching, what with
cable tv carrying all sorts of things.....
				Thanks! 
					Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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