Torrey DeVitto Quotes

We weren't allowed to watch TV as kids.

The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.

Once I fix what kids watch, I'll be moving on to everything else.

My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

Parents should watch what their children watch and not use TV as a babysitter. If a show is objectionable they should turn it OFF. They should write the president of the network and tell him they are never going to watch that program again and why.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too.

I like to protect children. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having adult programming for mature adults that can selectively decide what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch.

My children aren't normally allowed to watch a lot of things that I'm in.

My mum didn't really let me watch TV until I was about 5 years old.

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

I'm just a regular guy. All these ideas that children shouldn't watch me, I'm going to be confusing, all this stuff, it's crazy.

It's so very important as to what a child watches on TV. I feel for every parent that knows this, and cares, because they only have control of the child's viewing to a certain point.

It was weird - my parents would let me have some Green Day albums but not all Green Day albums.

My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff.

Barbies were banned at our house, along with television other than PBS. As a kid, I found this horribly embarrassing.

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

My mother had to tailor what I watched.

My mother wouldn't even let me read DC Comics. I came from a very strict background.

Our parents didn't let us watch a lot of television growing up. We had Disney on Sunday nights, and at 8:30, they were like, 'Turn it off! Go to bed!'

We have very strict rules about TV and film in my house.

I don't let Molly watch much television. The only stations I let her watch are PBS and the Disney Channel. The cartoons on the other stations are too violent and filled with obnoxious commercials.

When I was growing up, my mom didn't let me watch a lot of TV. She said I couldn't watch 'Friends' or that era of sitcoms.

Adults should be intelligent enough to know what they want - if you don't like it, then don't consume it. A rating system for kids and teens is more important. Especially for violent shows.

As a parent, you're struggling to find stuff that you think is suitable for the kids, but also stuff that you'd like to watch with them.