ink that it is okay to do these things because people on television did them. Some such shows are Dawson's Creek, Friends, Will & Grace, and many others. One study said, "shows for teens also have the most sexual innuendo, with 'a lot' of such references in 19.2 percent of programs" (Wetzstein, 2). Just the other night, I was watching Friends and the character, Monica, was talking about having sex with Chandler so she could get pregnant and Chandler didn't want to because Monica was mad at him and she put on an act like she wasn't mad at him so that he would have sex with her. Also I watched Dawson's Creek and Joey's friend Dawson came back from California for a visit and they ended up having sex and later found out that Dawson had a girlfriend in California. Joey was very hurt by this and was fighting with Dawson. These two shows come on prime time television just when children are through with their homework and done eating dinner and are ready to watch the television. Is this what parents want their children to watch? And if the child has a TV in their bedroom, how does the parent monitor what the child watches if they are not
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