| With a new child in the household, many families, | | | | TV can help new parents adjust to the semi-traumatic |
| especially those new to child care, have a hard time | | | | experience that is becoming a parent. Baby First TV |
| leaving the house. Babysitters, the hassle of bringing a | | | | aims to help parents develop their relationship with a |
| stroller and two bags worth of baby-care items to a | | | | new baby, delivering award-winning content from |
| restaurant, and the overarching possibility of a | | | | childhood experts. Removing some of the burden |
| melt-down at any time all mean that many new | | | | placed upon new parents in choosing individual |
| families rely on entertainment options centered on | | | | educational programs, Baby First TV runs 24/7, |
| keeping them home rather than going out. Luckily for | | | | commercial-free programming like I Can Sign, Numbers |
| new families in this situation, television programming has | | | | Around the Globe, and Harry the Bunny. This ensures |
| come a long way since the days of four channels and | | | | that there is a good educational option for families, |
| an hour of Sesame Street for the kids. | | | | regardless of when the baby wakes up. |
| Today, family programming includes options for children | | | | For bi-lingual families, or for families wishing to teach |
| of all ages, from channels such as the Noggin Network, | | | | their children Spanish, the Family Package also offers |
| designed to help children between the ages of 2 and 5 | | | | HITN - TV, which provides educational and cultural |
| learn in a commercial-free environment, to the Public | | | | programming in Spanish, as well as ONCE Mexico, a |
| Broadcast Service's Sprout Channel, which airs | | | | general entertainment channel that includes |
| classics such as Mister Rodgers and Barney, to a | | | | award-winning kids programming. Also of note is Link |
| multitude of Nickelodean channels. This makes life | | | | TV, which connects Americans with satellite TV |
| drastically easier for young families, whether they have | | | | customers all over the world to provide a global |
| one child or eight, as there are always options available | | | | perspective on world events, as well as cultural |
| for all of the kids that do not mandate a trip to the | | | | programming from all over the world. |
| video store. | | | | Music channels are a great option for families wishing |
| The Family Package available on satellite television is | | | | to limit their children's television time, and the satellite |
| an excellent example of such programming. With | | | | TV Family Package contains radio options as well. |
| science learning channels such as NASA TV, the | | | | Radio Disney, part of the XM Satellite Radio lineup, |
| National Geographic Channel, and the Science Channel | | | | spins the music that kids and young teenagers want to |
| all offering 24-hour educational programming focused | | | | hear, from Hillary Duff to the Cheetah Girls, without |
| on science, lessons supplementing children's studies are | | | | forcing parents to give up the family stereo. For |
| disguised as entertainment. For age appropriate | | | | younger children, XM Kids plays popular children's |
| entertainment, the Family Package offers Nickelodean | | | | movie and television soundtracks along with original |
| East and West, the Nicktoons Network, and Toon | | | | content, meaning that the kids can listen to Spongebob, |
| Disney in addition to PBS Kids Sprout and the Noggin | | | | while the parents can keep Zeppelin playing in their |
| Network. | | | | iTunes account. |
| Add-ons to the Family Package such as Baby First | | | | |