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Say 'No'
To Cable
To the Editor:
Cable TV is coming to Rappahannock. What will this mean to this pleasant community and the children and adults who live here?
To some parents it may mean a lot more work. Work? Yes. To those concerned parents who care about their children’s physical, moral and emotional growth, Cable TV in their home could cause a lot of work.
As a mother of four young children, keeping my children from becoming couch potatoes who watch too match TV is a constant challenge. Because I care deeply about my children’s total development I encourage them to spend limited time watching TV so they can spend more time developing physically by being outside, playing basketball, for example. I also want them to develop their minds so I make sure their homework is completed and encourage them to read good books. And because I care about their moral development, too, I’ve been very concerned about some of the violent and promiscuous themes portrayed on standard TV. We discuss their program choices and strive to work together as a family to learn which shows are edifying and educational. It’s a big job my parents did not have to worry much about.
And cable TV offers a whole new set of challenges to concerned parents. Senseless violence and illicit sex will be available round the clock-the kind of trash only avilable at seedly theatres in the lower end of town when we were kids. Parents will have to sift through a plethora of questionable viewing material to glean the good from pay-to-view TV. Now comes the real choice-how dominant a role will this new dimension in home “entertainment” play in our family life? What real impact unmonitored TV have on our children and community.
Urban communities nationwide are experiencing unprecedented upswings in violent crimes, and many of the victims are women and children. Are folks in these communities reaping the natural consequences of unbridled airways? Increasingly researchers are linking behavioral problems to television. Well, welcome to Rappahannock County.
Of course, many will argue about the “good” shows cable will offer.
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