I fed my little grandson, age 3, his breakfast. He had been watching a basketball game on TV with his dad, who was now upstairs dressing.

I was in a room next to the living room, clearing the table, when I heard a woman screaming on the TV. I quickly dropped what I was doing and rushed to the living room where our three year old was watching a man beating the crap put of a woman. It was Sunday morning around 10 am.

I tried to quickly turn the channel. My grandson was transfixed by the action on the tube. I couldn’t find the remote and wasn’t able to turn it right away.

I freaked; and when I found a remote, it was the wrong one. Finally, I found the right one but I wasn’t sure what buttons to push. Frantic by now, I just started pushing buttons. The screaming stopped, and the picture turned to snow. I basically put their TV out of commission for a while, because no one could figure it. Dear Lord, you can’t turn your head for a minute now days.

Our three year old looked up and said, “Granny, what was that man doing?” I think I may have made it worse, because I told him that the man was a bad man, and that he shouldn’t be watching that stuff.

Life was so much simpler for my mother’s generation. At my home there was only one TV station, and CBS was all we could get. Cartoons were a Saturday morning treat. There was a local show by a clown after school but it only lasted 30 minutes. I remember coming home early one afternoon, and mom caught me watching “The Secret Storm”. She freaked much like I did today.

When my kids grew up, there was Seseme Street on PBS, and Mr. Rogers and Fraggle Rock on HBO, but nothing else was on. And there was little violence even after late night tv. It was easier to control.

Now, I see kids watching TV all day, and violence is on 24-7.

I loved the horror films of the 60s, but The Exorcist kept me from sleeping for days.

This is ultra worse, and kids have so much access. It is frightening, especially with kids acting out in public with shootings and much more!

How do young women control what their kids see on TV today?