Profanity, Violence, Sex Increasing on TV Rated for Children
New research is revealing some alarming statistics about what kids are seeing on TV. The latest report from the Parents Television Council (PTC), a group that monitors and exposes the ever-increasing presence of objectionable programming on television, shows that over the past 10 years profanity, violence, and sexually explicit content have been been getting worse on TV. What’s more, networks and program producers are willfully ignoring the ratings system supposedly designed to help parents navigate their children around unacceptable TV content.
According to the PTC report, there has been a dramatic increase in profanity, violence, and sexual content on programs rated TV-PG or TV-14 compared to programs with a similar rating just 10 years ago. Both ratings are meant to signal to parents that while a program is unsuitable for younger children, the profanity, graphic violence, and sexual depictions...