[Cicero]

I've never felt I could stop my kids from watching TV, because otherwise they'd just go over to a friend's house and watch. But I do lay in a lot of videos, in hopes they'll watch them instead. That works to a degree. The last few years they have hardly been watching any regular TV, partly, I think, because so little is worth watching from any point of view.

[Mygirlsmom]

I've never felt I could stop my kids from watching TV, because otherwise they'd just go over to a friend's house and watch.

You might be surprised. My oldest often complains that "the TV is always on but there's not much to watch" when she goes to friends' homes.

As to the raunchy commercials - it's been going on for a long time. I remember when #1 daughter was little and a "Tales from the Crypt" commercial scared the **** out of her. I was watching the evening news at the time. (Actually, that was the LAST time I ever watched the news, so perhaps some good's come of that!)