As part of the recent"Take Charge of Your TV Week,"sponsored by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), The National PTA and Cable in the Classroom, NCTA has provided these resources for parents concerned about their children and television.

"A Parents Guide to the TV Ratings and the V Chip" is available in the Adobe Acrobat reader format (pdf).

The brochure, "Cable's Commitment: Resources to Address Violence" is available as a pdf

A one-page guide to television parental guidelines is also available in both pdf format(best for printing) or as a web page.

For even more resources on children and television, including valuable information on helping children view media critically, visit this site, from Cable in the Classroom .