Dick Rolfe

Dick Rolfe is the president of the Dove Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes the creation of movies and TV programs suitable for children and produces film ratings and guides for families. He also writes a regular monthly column called “Hollywood and the Family.” The following viewpoint is excerpted from two of his columns. Rolfe argues that the “V-chip” —computer technology that would enable television sets to block specially coded broadcast programming—can be used by parents to prevent their children from viewing violent or otherwise inappropriate television programs. He urges Congress to pass legislation that would require the V-chip to be installed in all new television sets. (Congress passed such legislation in February 1996, mandating the installation of V-chips in new television sets within...