--- title: Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls», a lesson of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The best way to handle an accident with an adult film is to know what you will do before it ever happens. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/) / Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up… # Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls Lesson 60 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school: 24 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/0/) — The best way to handle an accident with an adult film is to know what you will do before it ever happens. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/1/) — Fire drills work the same way: when you have practised, your body knows the steps even when your heart is racing. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/2/) — There are only two steps: switch off (or look away and walk out), and tell a grown-up you trust. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/3/) — You don't have to explain everything; one sentence is enough: "I saw something not for kids." - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/4/) — Vivid example: in Auckland, Freya and her dad sit on the sofa with the TV menu open. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/5/) — Dad shows her how her own profile has her picture, a fern, on it; how to turn autoplay off; and that 13+ films now ask for a PIN only grown-ups know. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/6/) — "And if something gets through anyway?" asks Dad. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/7/) — "Off, then tell you," says Freya. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/8/) — "Sweet as," says Dad. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/9/) — Grown-ups help with tools: kids profiles, autoplay switched off, safe search, PINs and report buttons. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/10/) — No tool is perfect, so the two steps still matter, and an accident never changes who you are. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/11/) — The two steps are: switch off or walk away, then tell a trusted grown-up. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/12/) — If the remote is lost, the power button on the TV itself, or on the wall, switches it off. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/14/) — A kids profile, usually marked with its own picture, shows only films for younger ages; you can ask for your own profile on a relative's TV too. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/15/) — Parental controls can ask for a PIN before films above a chosen age, such as 12 or 13+, will play. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/16/) — Safe search is a setting that filters out adult results when you search, though it can miss some. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/17/) — Adverts and videos can be reported with a grown-up using the app's report button. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/18/) — Checking the rating on a box, a poster or a streaming page before pressing play prevents many accidents. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/19/) — "I don't want to see that" and "That's not for me" are polite, firm sentences you can always use, with friends or older children. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/20/) — At a sleepover you can always ask to ring home if a film is too old for you. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/21/) — Slow breathing, such as breathing in while counting to four and out while counting to six, helps calm a racing heart. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/22/) — A bad picture fades faster if you fill your head with something else, like a favourite place, a game or a song. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/23/) — Telling quickly is easier than telling later; you can tell any trusted grown-up, and you can still ask questions days later. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/24/) — An accident does not change who you are. - ← previous: [The parents walk in: how good parents react](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/) - next →: [Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/)