The enemy is nigh, ever lurking to devour our children. It wants to take away our chil-
dren and make them slaves forever. This dreadful enemy is cold, heartless and has no
soul. This enemy is television. Television has been able to effortlessly do what the elite have tried desperately to accomplish forever—to get into our homes and train our children, almost from birth. The corporate elite don’t want parents to raise their children. They want us, as parents, only to sponsor our children, while they (the corporate elite) do the rearing.

“Let the child’s first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.” — Ben
Franklin

Even though Ben Franklin was not talking about television, the principle still rings
true. Disney, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and various other TV programs have one goal in common—to make your children loyal and obedient viewers. The industry accomplishes this feat through subtle and not-so-subtle suggestions in image and sound displayed across the screen. Once your children are sucked in, your job as a parent changes from a nurturer, teacher, and provider to just a provider. From then on,
the TV (as well as all other forms of media) will nurture and teach your children without your input. As a parent you only need to provide the products and services that TV tells your children they need.

You see, Disney wants to make your children “lifers.” It starts by indoctrinating them
at a very young age to Disney’s product line aimed at children. As they age, they get passed on to the adult Disney products, such as ESPN, ABC, and Touchstone Pictures (all of which Disney owns).

Another example is Nickelodeon (owned by Viacom). Viacom wants to attract your children with Nickelodeon, get them to be loyal viewers, and when they’re older, pass them on to the other companies in Viacom’s portfolio. According to Freepress.net, “These companies include (but are not limited to) MTV, VH1, Comedy Central and BET.” Let’s not leave out Cartoon Network, which is owned by Time Warner. Time Warner gets your children to fall in love with Cartoon Network and once they’re of age, Time Warner invites them to continue their adult education through HBO, CNN, TNT, TBS, AOL, Mapquest, Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Essence Magazine, Fortune, Life and Moviefone. Unfortunately, television doesn’t hold all the advantages we sometimes think it does. As a matter of fact, television is one of the leading causes of the deterioration of America’s children—your children. Some of the other contributors include radio, music, movies, the Internet and cell phones. However, let me emphasize that none of these forms of media, in and of themselves, are harmful. Rather, it’s the unchecked freedom that TV has undeservedly earned that causes the problem. If we’re honest with ourselves as parents, we have to admit that we use the TV as an assistant to help us raise our children. Admit it. What we need is a lot more parenting and a lot less TV.

How can this information help stabilize you financially? Let me explain. Your child is an empty slate, eager to be filled. The question is, will he or she be filled by you or by the TV? If you fill your child with love, freedom, justice, equality and nurturing, it costs you very little. But being a sponsor is expensive. If you allow the TV to raise your child, it will cost you a fortune. Every suggestion the TV gives your child costs you money. Remember, TV’s sole purpose nowadays is to connect your child to the corporate world’s products and services. And it depends on you for financial backing—which you provide when you buy those products and services. One of the greatest enemies to American society today is not lurking in an alley. It will not come and kick down your door, and you will not find it in Iraq. Instead, you’ll happily invite it into your home. This enemy is your TV.  If you want to control your life and your family’s life, you don’t have to bar the win- dows or install a new security system. You only have to control the TV. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from
it.”— The Bible