From: BETSY LINDLER To: A16.A16(KIDSTV) Date: 10/12/95 8:10am Subject: children's programming Hello. My name is Betsy Lindler. I am the Media Specialist at Burton Elementary School in Columbia, SC. I am responding to MM Docket No. 93-48, concerning television programming for children. I don't see much out there in tv-land for children at the present. No wonder the kids want to grow up so fast, have babies when they're babies themselves, commit suicide, do drugs. All that's pushed at them on the tube is the message that grownups have more fun; that it's cool to make all the mistakes that adults make (and the sooner, the better). A possible solution: go back to family shows in the 8:00 - 10:00 PM time slot. I don't think the networks will lose a lot of advertising $$$$$ but will simply see a change in the type of companies who choose to advertise during those shows (maybe not). And you can save the sex (open or inuendo) for after 10. Nobody will suffer, not even the adults. And the kids will benefit. I hope that whatever you do, you will keep the TRUE interest of children in mind. We only have one chance to make each child the best that s/he can be! BETSY LINDLER MEDIA SPECIALIST W.H. BURTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 5026 FARROW ROAD COLUMBIA, SC 29203 PHONE: W 803735-3462 H 803-345-2923 INTERNET: I991060@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU