Parents have limited time to wade through the ocean of children's programming for the few gems. Here's a guide to the complicated world of children’s movies and television
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Only one site came close to providing useful, clear, comprehensive guidance, a site I’d never heard of before becoming a parent: Common Sense Media. Its ratings listed TV shows and movies by specific ages , rather than wide, meaningless ranges. The content descriptions warned about scariness, described specific instances of violence, and broke down titles by themes and concepts.
While my critic’s brain started whirring along with objections and questions , I could not escape a simultaneous reality: Common Sense’s ratings were immensely comforting. Is it humanly possible to build a catalogue of 35,000 reviews on identical, fair, ideologically neutral editorial standards? The reviews-and-ratings operation has more than 130 full-time employees, an army of freelancers, and offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, London, New York, and Washington, D.C.
In speaking with Common Sense staff, it’s impossible to come away with anything other than a sense that these categories and their definitions come from an abundance of good faith. They do not think of themselves as censors. They are truly just trying to help legitimately busy parents make informed choices about how their kids interact with media.
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