[Robin]

The Parents Television Council and others are concerned about Monday's upcoming episode of Gossip Girl. In case you haven't heard about it Gossip Girl is a CW teen soap currently in its third season of tackling some not-so teen issues.* The show stars Blake Lively, Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen. Ed Westwick and Penn Badgley.

A promo for the show's upcoming episode hints at a threesome. This has at least one parents group up in arms.

"Will you now be complicit in establishing a precedent and expectation that teenagers should engage in behaviors heretofore associated primarily with adult films?" Tim Winter told Us magazine.

With a racy promo like this, parents have the opportinuty to:

a) decide whether they think it is OK for their children to watch this

b) decide whether to speak to their children about this issue and, maybe, sex in general

If parents decide their kids should not be watching this Gossip Girl episode, then they not only have to guard the TV, but also the Internet as well. Episodes can be found online the next day, if not hours, after they are aired. As well, if there is any three-way action. someone will likely post it on YouTube or similar file sharing websites.

Robin