The V-chip, created to control what television programs children watch, is a positive way to curb children’s exposure to violent material on TV.

With the chip, which is installed by television manufacturers, parents can program their TVs to block violent shows.

At the National Violence Prevention conference in Des Moines this week, the V-chip, created to control what television programs children watch, is a positive way to curb children’s exposure to violent material on TV.

With the chip, which is installed by television manufacturers, parents can program their TVs to block violent shows.

Senator Tom Harkin said that America’s youth are insensitive to violence because of violent images prevalent in movies, video games and on television.

Harkin told the audience,”Children watch an average of 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence before they finish elementary school. Those images don’t go away when you turn off the TV.”

Considering these figures, it’s no wonder that children are desensitized to violence.

With the V-chip, governmental censorship is unnecessary. Without setting regulations to eliminate violence from programming, the chip offers parents the opportunity to eliminate violence from their own family room.