The far right wingnuts are scary, but in a way it's the normal people I know that say that really separation of chruch and state is a myth, and that this is a christian nation founded by christians that make me more nervous.

Yep. One of the things that's made me the most nervous was a caller on (I think) Bill O'Reilly's show last December, when he was going through his whole "Take back Christmas" thing. Someone called in to agree that this is a Christian nation and so there shouldn't be any restrictions on any Christmas celebrations of any sort, anywhere, and to back up his "this is a Christian nation" point, said something like, "Go to Arlington cemetary, and count the crosses. Then count the stars of David."

Or don't let your kid watch tv alone.

Yes. This.

I wonder how many of the people who are whining about the standards on TV have kids who each have their own television in his or her bedroom.

Those are all fine options for regulating TV. I dunno why, but with broadcast TV, regulation doesn't bug as much.

Or don't let your kid watch tv alone.

I think this works a lot better in theory than in practice, especially with older kids.

I wonder how many of the people who are whining about the standards on TV have kids who each have their own television in his or her bedroom.

But, yeah, this one is hard to defend, especially tvs hooked into the cable.

I think a kid old enough to be home alone is old enough to see anything on basic cable.

I think I'd like to regulate for stupidity on TV. Take out Yes Dear and that ilk in one fell swoop.

I'm not talking about home alone (and I think there are a lot of people who would disagree with you). Even in the house at the same time, if you're not in the same room, it can be really hard to control.

Oh, I REALLY don't think kids should have tvs in their rooms.

Oh, I REALLY don't think kids should have tvs in their rooms.

bahhahaha (cause uphill battle probably in most places). But yeah. I totally agree.

My friend who has a 3rd grader has said no TV and no computer in his room unsupervised, which is pretty reasonable in my head but probably pretty unusual.

One family I babysat for had this kids remote that just had a power button, volume buttons, and about eight channel buttons which the parents set to Nickelodeon and Noggin and PBS and other kid-friendly channels. They put some sort of guard over the channel-changing buttons on the actual set, and kept the regular remote somewhere out-of-reach when the parents weren't watching with the kids.