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Part Two: Raising Children with morality. Programs that are scary, frightening, sexual, or that deal with revenge and killing should not be watched. We should select the television programs that promote virtue and intellectual development (i. e. programs about sharing, loving, kindness and devotion.) They can watch programs on science and technology, or art and culture. This enables them to learn more about their country, culture and background. Virtuous knowledge found in education TV programs can serve as a foundation for vision and wisdom in their future. Remember, it always comes back to us, the parents, to be a good example for our children! If we are addicted to television, it will be a difficult challenge to prevent our children from becoming addicted, too. Therefore, between the choices of fostering good habits in our children and allowing the children to watch their favorite television programs, we should choose what is in their best interest as the main priority. The same goes for "gaming". Since the video game industry has been allowing more violent games to be produced and marketed each year to young people, it is more likely that children will be exposed to violence at an increasingly earlier age. As always, be careful of the games we allow our children to play. If there are excellent educational video games available: Choose them! Internet: Today we live in the era of the "information superhighway". Children are addicted to television, DVD's, cell phones and especially the internet. We must accept the Family Day By Day 70 Economics, Entertainment and the Internet