This article intends to evidence the implicit content of certain children and teenager's television programs in the last forty five years, linking them to the changes observed in the contemporary family and the children's socialization processes. It was assessed that the parental authority has been gradually depreciated in several television programs. These programs offer super and even tyrannical power to the children, which is not in appropriate to the needs of the underaged.
family and media; children's television programs; children and teenagers' socialization