電視充斥性話題節目 孩子"過度成長"

Raunchy television shows and adult-like clothes are forcing children to grow up too quickly, parents say. Explicit advertising campaigns and "too adult" soap operas are also to blame, a study for the Department for Education found.

一項爲教育部提供材料的研究發現，色情電視節目以及模仿成人服裝正讓孩子們“過度成長”，這父母們叫苦不迭。而過分暴露的電視廣告還有“太色情”的肥皂劇也難辭其咎。

Nearly nine in 10 parents believe children feel under pressure to act older than they are. And almost half believe the 9 pm watershed – in place to protect youngsters – no longer has any force.

將近9成的父母認爲，孩子們被迫面對變成小大人的壓力。而幾乎一半父母認爲“晚9點分水嶺”（該分水嶺的設置旨在保護年輕人不受到精神毒害）不再起到任何效用。

In the poll, 41 percent of parents agreed they had seen TV shows or advertisements before the watershed that they considered wrong for their children to view. And 40 percent said they had seen window displays or advertising boards that children should not be exposed to.

調查中，41%的父母證實，他們曾在晚9點分水嶺之前看到不適宜孩子觀看的電視節目或廣告。而40%的父母稱他們曾看到某些櫥窗展示以及廣告牌上的內容並不適宜兒童看到。

Reg Bailey, who is leading an independent review into the commercialization and sexualization of childhood, said: "Parents are telling us in no uncertain terms that they are worried about the pressures on children to grow up too quickly. It is clear that their concerns have not been created out of a moral panic but from their everyday experience.

雷格·貝利是一項研究兒童商業化以及兒童性刺激的獨立報告的領頭人，他說：“父母們明確告訴我們，他們擔心孩子在‘過度成長’。很明顯，他們的擔憂並非誕自道德陣痛，而源於日常經驗。”