1. Educational television is rapidly catching on across the nation.

2. Educational television provides shows with an intellectual challenge for children and adults.

3. The majority of education television programs are funded by foundations and individual contributions.

7. With public television, parents are surely happier that their children are not subjected to unwanted types of persuasion.

8. But even with educational televison, parents worried initially that their children might have too much exposure to the "boob tube" as television was once called.

9. Now, many parents think of educational televsion as more than just a diversion for their children's leisure time.