The movie, electronic game, music, cable and broadcast television industries 
have each voluntarily developed clear and informative parental advisory systems 
to provide families with advance information on the content of entertainment 
products. This site provides "one-stop shopping" to each of these parental advisory 
systems. 

The html pages in this Web site are:
* http://www.parentalguide.org/
(Home page)
* http://www.parentalguide.org/about.htm
(About Us)
* http://www.parentalguide.org/news.htm
(News)
* http://www.parentalguide.org/privacy.htm
(Our privacy policy).

This text version includes the major static portions of the content of these pages.  
Please e-mail us at information@parentalguide.org if you have questions about this Web site.

*** RATING AND PARENTAL ADVISORY SYSTEMS (Home page content)

MOVIES
* Classification and Rating Administration (CARA): Reasons for Movie Ratings 
http://www.filmratings.com/
(Home page)
* CARA: Ratings Guide 
http://www.filmratings.com/guide.htm
(What the categories mean).

TELEVISION
* TV Parental Guidelines 
http://www.tvguidelines.org/
(Home page)
* The Guidelines
http://www.tvguidelines.org/guidelin.htm
(Full version).

RECORDS AND CDS
* Recording Industry Association of America: Parental Advisory
http://www.riaa.com/Parents-Advisory-1.cfm
(Home page)
* Parental Advisory FAQ 
http://www.riaa.com/Parents-Advisory-4.cfm 
(Frequently Asked Questions).

COMPUTER, VIDEO AND INTERNET GAMES
* The Entertainment Software Rating Board
http://www.esrb.org/
(Home page)
* ESRB:Rating Categories
http://www.esrb.org/rating.html 
(What the categories mean).

*** ABOUT US (About Us page content)
Today's families have many entertainment choices available to them. There are
well-known parental guideline systems in place for movies,records, television
and video games that offer parents and caregivers advance, cautionary information
so they can better supervise their children's choices. 

With this Web site, the entertainment industry has come together to provide 
a central resource for parents and caregivers seeking more information about 
these guidelines.
 
This site sponsored by: 
* Entertainment Software Rating Board
http://www.esrb.org/
* Motion Picture Association of America 
http://www.mpaa.org
* National Association of Broadcasters
http://www.nab.org/ 
* National Cable Television Association
http://www.ncta.com/
* Recording Industry Association of America
http://www.riaa.org/
* TV Parental Guidelines
http://www.tvguidelines.org/

* CONTACT INFORMATION
www.parentalguide.org
http://www.parentalguide.org/index.htm
Ben Franklin Station
P.O. Box 14057
Washington, DC 20044-4057 

Some of the artwork found on this site created by Laurie McCanna
http://www.mccannas.com/