It has become a regular worry of all parents (that own a TV) that their kids will stumble upon a program or two with gratuitous sex or violence. The biggest problem with cable television is that there is no way to actually prevent your kids from watching the programs. Even with the cable rating system it still does not actually keep your kids from watching the programs. At best, the cable TV rating system (I.E. TV-M and TV-14) shows the parent what shows may or may not be appropriate for their kids to be watching. The biggest problem here is that most parents today do not have the time to stand by and watch TV with their kids all day long.



Nowadays there are becoming more and more families that have a single parent or that have two working parents. This leaves a great deal of time throughout the day where their children can watch the television totally unsupervised. It is during this time that the cable TV rating system actually serves the opposite purpose than what it was intended for. When kids are alone with the television it is very likely (studies show) that they will use the rating system to find shows with gratuitous sex or violence in them.

Kids are naturally curious about this sort of thing (I am sure we were all like that as kids as well) so it is not at all unusual that they will put themselves in harm's way when it comes to inappropriate content. This is the source of many anxiety dreams and stress for a lot of parents worldwide. What are we to do? Our kids mental welfare is in constant jeopardy when it comes to television. And let us face it straight on. Television has become a major part of all our lives, there is no getting around it. There is of course satellite TV. One problem with Satellite TV so far has been the flimsy parental controls. You can not blame them, because they have their heart in the right place, it just takes time to develop a system that our increasingly technologically inclined children can not get around. With most satellite providers the parental controls are good as long as the child is willing to leave them alone. We all know (even though most of us will hate to admit it) that because are kids are getting smarter and smarter about this sort of thing they are going to find a way around them and they are going to get to the content.

Well not anymore!

DirecTV is the new answer for protecting your kids from the sex and violence that plagues modern television. DirecTV offers what is considered the best parental controls in satellite TV today! All at the touch of a button on the old remote control, you will be able to lock channels and shows (even for certain times) and ultimately decide exactly what channels and shows your kids can physically access. It gets even more interesting than that.

Not only can you decide what channels and shows your kids can get to, you can also decide when and at what time your kids can get to them. This way, you can cater the parental controls to your very own specific set of parental guidelines. We all have a different way of raising our children. Shouldn't you have the option to decide exactly what your kids are subjected to? Well now you can with DirecTV!