Seven parents reported their children watch mainly preschool programs on television. Five others said their children usually watch youth cartoons. All occupations are represented in this category.

Two children watched mainly sitcoms, two others watched adult cartoons and one watched reality shows on the weekend.

Children under the age of two primarily watch preschool programming and older teenagers watch mainly adult cartoons. The parent whose children watch reality programming on weekends has two sons ages 8 and 10.

Table 28 shows the response distribution by occupation code and type of programming children usually watch.

Table 28. Type of programming children watch
Type of program Number of
responses		 Occupation Comments
Children watch preschool programs 7 A n=3
B n=2
C n=1
D n=1		 She watches five to six hours of preschool programming a week.
Children watch youth cartoons 5 0 n=1
A n=1
B n=1
C n=1
D n=1		 Mostly he watches kids’ cartoons.
They watch youth cartoons most of the time.
Children watch sitcoms 2 A n=1
B n=1		 My daughter will watch for about an hour a day. Usually she watches sitcoms.
Children watch adult cartoons 2 0 n=2 They watch for three hours a week. It’s usually adult cartoons.
Children watch reality television 2 0 n=2 They don’t watch TV during the week but they’ll watch reality shows for four to six hours on the weekend.