[MysticCat]

Originally posted by dzfan
As for the downloadable guide,did you download it? I actually took a look at it and for someone who is not technologically savvy, I was surprised how easily it is to set the v-chip...I actually did not even know what the v-chip really was until recently which I think is the case for most adults nowadays...I just think that it is something that is overlooked by most parents, you know?

Yes. I don't thinks the V-Chip is that hard to understand. I think the ratings system is a combination of too complicated and not adequately informative. Admittedly, I'm not sure how create a system that is adequately information and not complicated, but the current system ain't it.

Also, the rating system might be hard to understand but I think that most important thing for parents to do is screen the shows first to see if they are appropriate

While I agree in theory, that is much easier said than done. Unless you record a show, and either view while it's recording or watch the recording first and then decide whether your kids can watch it, or you watch it and decide whether kids can watch a rerun (something almost impossible with anything but regular primetime shows, which my kids never get to watch), this is near impossible to do.

Originally posted by kddani
Did your kids actually understand what was going on? If they did, HOW? I wasn't even sure what happened or what i was looking at.

You'd be amazed at what kids will pick up on, especially when you think (hope?) they're not paying enough attention or have enough "ignorance" to let something slip by them. I constantly am.