Children Quote by Jim Trelease

“TV was like a third parent- a source of ideas and information and impressions. and not such a bad parent- always with time to…

— Bill McKibben

“I find it very hypocritical that my parents have taken such a negative stance toward television. ”

— Penn Brooks

“Even our parents seemed to agree more and more with the television version of things, listening to the reporters' inanities as though they could…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

TV has a responsibility to prepare our kids to face the world.

— Mike Connors

“Somehow, television made behavior that you would go out of your way to avoid in real life into something fascinating.”

— Jean Thompson

I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their…

— Trey Parker

It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.

— Matt Groening

When I grew up, we didn't have a TV, and I think more families today have ambitions of getting out of their environment, such…

— Robert Winston

“TV families and your own are hard to tell apart, except your isn't interrupted every six minutes by commercials and theirs don't get bogged…

— John Updike

Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.

— Gates McFadden

As a parent, you soon realise that to get your child away from the TV you have to create a diversion.

— Michaela Strachan

I think it's up to the parents to discern what their child is watching on television.

— Adam Lambert