Gregg Easterbrook Quotes

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.

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

When television is good, nothing - not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers - nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there for a day without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.

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

Parents should watch what their children watch and not use TV as a babysitter. If a show is objectionable they should turn it OFF. They should write the president of the network and tell him they are never going to watch that program again and why.

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.

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

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.

TV is not a baby sitter.

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.

When I watch TV, I'm embarrassed by some of what's on.

When I was a boy, there were three influences on children. The school, the family, and the church. Now there is a fourth---television.

We have to ask people who produce things [entertainment] to consider their consequence—especially with children.

Let’s get real. It does make a difference what children see on television.

I would like television to produce some itching pills rather than this endless outpouring of tranquilizers.

If everything on television is, without exception, part of a low-calorie (or even no-calorie) diet, then what good is it complaining about the adverts? By their worthlessness, they at least help to make the programmes around them seem of a higher level.

If it's something that you are opposed to or you don't want your children or family to see, then do not watch it, and the market can send a message.

I hate to say this about television, since I have a television show, but it's just mind-numbing to me.

Parents should be allowed to choose which cable or satellite channels - sources of the most extreme content - come into their homes.

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.

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

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.

It's as if God gave you something-all those stories- and said, "Here you are. Try not to lose it." But children lose everything unless somebody is there to help them, and if your parents are too stupid to do it, maybe i ought to.