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Originally Posted by Niamh.

I agree with this. I don't think it's "lazy parenting" to be able to let a 12 year old flick through the channels. You can't expect parents to go through every programme for the entire day and check if they have adult content in them, it's ridiculous tbh

But you don't have to do that. On most digital, satellite and cable services there are parental control options. You can choose to restrict programmes that carry a certain age restriction, for example all programmes classified as '18' or '15'. As far as I'm aware it works in exactly the same way as film classifications do and pretty much every programme, if not all of them are given a classification, if you choose to block certain classifications then every programme that is ever on that carries that age restriction will not allow you to watch.

As well as that, you can choose to block certain channels completely, certain programmes completely, or some or all channels after certain times of the day, for example after 10pm. It is usually a one-off set up that can be easily adjusted whenever you wish. It doesn't require constant surveillance at all.

Originally Posted by arista

This is normal.


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