Parental Control and TV Viewing Habits of Second Year High School Students in an Urban Community

Abstract

The study sought to determine how parents regulate their children’s TV viewing. It also sought to identify the rules enforced by parents on their children’s TV viewing and the reasons for enforcing TV viewing rules. A survey research was conducted among the parents of 30 second-year high school students of the Laguna College in San Pablo City. A questionnaire was designed to gather information on how the respondents regulate their children’s TV viewing. Frequencies and percentages were used in data analysis.

The findings of the study revealed that 100 percent of the respondents allow their children to watch TV everyday, and most (80%) parents enforce TV viewing rules. A few (20%) parents do not enforce TV viewing rules because they believe that there is nothing wrong in letting the children watch TV anytime.

The findings also revealed the TV viewing rule most parents enforce are as follows children have to finish their homework before watching TV and they can watch in a limited time only. It was concluded that even though parents enforce TV viewing rules, most parents do not control the kind of the TV program their children prefer to watch. They restrict their children’s TV viewing because they want their children to give priority to their studies.

Based on the finding of the study, it is recommended that parents should continue regulating their children’s TV viewing and more parents are encouraged to do the same.