Actually I look at it from an opposite angle. In school, I knew a lot of kids who's parents were freakishly strict about TV. The emotional trauma and near exile that they experienced because of not knowing anything that's going on, therefore not being able have resonable conversations with anyone. I know that finding yourself is something that will benefit you the most later in life. However, without a stable and equal environment to develop in, it's only going to get worse during the years. What I'm getting at is that growing up, weren't you nervous as hell meeting new people, expecially of the opposite sex. The history of my genetics lead me to believe that my kid is going to be pretty shy as it is. Without having adequit information to make conversation with, it's going to be extremely hard for my children open up to other people without some kind of TV.

In my opinion, age is meaningless without maturity. As my children matures and the world goes on, I will allow them to view certain shows at certain points in there maturity.