television in moderation is no vice

Actually, high-quality TV shows such as "Sesame Street" and "Blues Clues" improve children's cognitive abilities. Study after study has shown that children 3 to 5 years old who watch "Sesame Street" for an hour a day are better able than those who don't to recognize numbers, letters and shapes. When 500 kids who had participated in some of those studies were followed up as teenagers, those who had watched educational programs as preschoolers had higher grades, were reading more books, placed more value on achievement and were more creative than those who had not watched.

What? Television isn't the root of all evil?

Disconcerting. Disturbing. Distressing. I'd think of more synonyms, but I obviously didn't watch enough Sesame Street as a tyke.