Furthermore, because the means of social communication, like the school and the environment, often have a notable influence on the formation of children, parents as recipients must actively ensure the moderate, critical, watchful and prudent use of the media, by discovering what effect they have on their children and by controlling the use of the media in such a way as to "train the conscience of their children to express calm and objective judgments, which will then guide them in the choice or rejection of programs available .[ 175]
Quoniam vero communicationis socialis instrumenta — perinde ac schola et ambitus vitae — crebro etiam filiorum institutionem insignite afficiunt, parentes tamquam receptores actuosas sibi sum ere partes debent, quoad usum moderatum et censorium, vigilem et prudentem illorum, discernentes qualem effectum habeant in filios, necnon quoad directoriam moderationem, quae faciat « ut liberorum conscientia conformetur ad iudicia serena rebusque congruentia proferenda, quae eam dirigant in eligendis et excludendis spectaculis, quae exhibentur » (175).vatican.va vatican.va