Robert Winston Quotes

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

I've never minded my kids watching any of the series I did. That's important to me.

It's so very important as to what a child watches on TV. I feel for every parent that knows this, and cares, because they only have control of the child's viewing to a certain point.

Why on earth does anybody watch that stuff [television violence]?

I feel like covering my children's eyes when they watch television. It's better that they spend their time doing something constructive.

Some researchers sensibly suggest that rather than worrying too much about which programs our children are watching, we should concentrate on trying to reduce the total amount of time they spend in front of the screen.

I think the cartoons that they're children are watching, particularly 'The Simpsons,' they're OK. I think that the adult audience is making much too much of the danger that they imply. That's not the case. The danger for children today, honey, is the news. Keep them away from news on television.

Before I was a mom I used to think that parents who worried about their kids watching MTV were just clueless. Now that I'm a mom, I see what the fuss was all about!

I like to protect children. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having adult programming for mature adults that can selectively decide what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch.

I've conducted an experiment on my kids. Instead of denying them access to media, I've encouraged it. They read comic books, play Nintendo and watch way too much TV.

I was brought up when media still kept totally away from violence when it came to children. I don't think it would have made me scared of violence, but I find it repulsive.

I won't let my daughter watch 'EastEnders.'

Adults should be intelligent enough to know what they want - if you don't like it, then don't consume it. A rating system for kids and teens is more important. Especially for violent shows.

My main concern is my kids. And I don't want them to see or hear anything on TV that I didn't discuss with them.

My daughter thinks that only her mum is on the television. Every time she sees the screen anywhere she's like mummy! Because we don't let her watch the TV.

My mum didn't really let me watch TV until I was about 5 years old.

We sort of have given up on the idea of taking any sort of personal responsibility for what we see. I don't understand it at all. There are many things that I won't let my kids watch.

Today's children have very short attention spans because they are being reared on dreadful television programmes which are flickering away in the corner.

My kids haven't watched one episode of 'Growing Pains'. I'll tell you why. When our kids were little, we never wanted Mommy or Daddy to be the celebrity mom or dad to our kids.

I would let my kids watch this stuff way before I'd let them watch something like 'Full House' that I think would make them stupid.

I avoid all the language and nudity and violence and everything. I have enough of that at home.

Take responsibility about what you have on your TV, and about what you are out there supporting.

It's up to each person's parents whether they think it's too frightening or too violent, how much their kids can handle, what they want to teach them, what they want to show them.

If parents don't like some of the stuff I do then they shouldn't let their kids watch me.

Unless you have kids, you actually have no idea what kids are watching on TV these days.