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FCC Parents

The FCC Parents website is a source made available for parents who are looking to monitor what their children are hearing and seeing. This website offers information for parents and ways that they can further monitor the media their child takes in when watching television, using the internet, or even using the phone.

One page of the site outlines the Children’s Television Rules which say that there must be a core educational or informational weekly program for children. It must air between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. and must be at least 30 minutes in length. Also, during certain hours, nothing indecent or profane can be aired. The site also allows parents to search for stations in the area that air children’s programming. Information is given regarding TV ratings and the V-chip (which allows parents to block programming they don’t find suitable for their children. The V-chip electronically reads ratings and parents can program it to block all shows with certain ratings. There are commercial