Mary watches a lot of TV.  I do, too.  Two to four hours a day is pretty normal for us.  As Mary said, “TV gives you a lot of information.” 

Recently, she has been coming up to them and telling me the TV ratings for the shows that she watches.

“Mom, it says T-V-Y-7-F-V, can I watch it?”

“T-V-G?”

“T-V-Y?”

Since I knew that she was watching certain shows at the Cartoon Network, I just say yes without really know what those ratings meant.  I thought, “TV G” must be the same G rating for movies, for General Audiences, “TV Y7 FV” must be something to do with some cut-off age like PG-13 for movies…

It is time to REALLY know what they mean.

This link says it all - TV Ratings

Here’s how I explained them to Mary.

TV G - she can watch it, so can I and everybody else from babies to grandmas.

TV Y7 FV - 7-year-olds and under need permission from their Mommies and Daddies.

TV Y - she can watch and so can other kids.

Hopefully, she does not come to me asking about T-V-M-A which she might as soon as she had mastered the remote control..