DirecTV takes the well being of your family seriously. Unlike cable, all DirecTV receivers offer parental controls so that you can control the type of television shows and movies that your kids watch. It�s always a concern for us parents that our kids may stumble upon a program that may undermine the values that we desperately try to instill into our children. Cable can be scary when it comes to kids.

You never know what type of content is waiting around the corner. Even when there is that one channel that seems safe during certain hours of the day, if your child even accidentally changed to the next channel, there could be an entirely inappropriate program waiting for them. That is why DirecTV has put so much time into developing smart parental controls that take the modern viewer into consideration. With a simple touch of a button on your remote control you can change settings and set parental controls that will ensure your child�s safety from the programs in question. Some of the features of DirecTV�s parental controls ( all at the touch of a button on your remote control) include: Allowing certain programs and blocking other programs based on the M P A A ratings or just simply blocking specific movies (based on either your own knowledge of the film or by it�s description which will include a summary of it�s possible content), locking out an entire channel or multiple channels, the ability to set a limit on certain viewing times, and setting up a limit on how much can be spent on Pay Per View channels in general.

DirecTV offers in depth tutorial programs to show you, the concerned parent, how to use the parental controls to the greatest benefit of your children. DirecTV is known to offer more in depth tutorials for parent controls and guidelines than any other satellite provider. You and your children can certainly feel safe with DirecTV. DirecTV�s tutorials go step by step through the censoring process so that you can be sure that you do not miss a thing. The modern world can be scary for parents with young children, you never know what the media and the world of entertainment will bring into your home, DirecTV has taken this into consideration to design (what they hope can be) the best parental control system imaginable.

Online you can access DirecTV dot com which offers streaming video, as one avenue of customer help, to demonstrate the step by step process of setting your parental controls to suit your specific parental needs. DirecTV takes into consideration the different needs of different families and different styles of parenting, giving you the ultimate decision on what your children will be allowed to watch and when. If the internet isn�t you�re thing, you will also be able to tune in through your DirecTV system on channel 201 to see the step by step tutorial on either the Hughes receiver model or the RCA receiver model.