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Re: About the CBS/Crl-Atl-Delete article | |
Posted By: HALOChat <halochat@gmail.com> | Date: 3/7/05 5:39 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: About the CBS/Crl-Atl-Delete article (Louis Wu) : Or... how about parents actually pay attention to what their kids are doing,
*To start this off - I haven't really been following this - partly because I didn't really feel like following it, nor did I have the time to - so don't judge me based on my "correctness" on the articles here - because I haven't read them. I'm just stating my thoughts on Video Game Violence and Parents and their Kids. Now that this is out of the way - get ready for a long post.* I completely agree here - the problem is the PARENTS - not the children. If the PARENTS would actually keep an eye on their kids and monitor what they do - they won't be introduced to as much video game violence, etc. At the very least - the worst parts can be kept away from them. (Them in this statement referring to kids) In addition - did you ever notice that most of the parents who are complaining about video game violence don't bother to keep their kids in check? If a kid can't play a game at his/her house - they'll go to their friends house... if the will is there - there can sometimes be no stopping them (unless the parent actually FOCUSES of course). From at least the age of about 8 or 9 - kids begin to develop the thought process of "Can't do it here - but if I go there, I can do it". It's the parent's responsibility to know WHAT their kid is doing, and if they're being introduced to the things that they don't want their children to be introduced to. Basically my point here is that the fault lies on the PARENTING. Not the children, nor the game developer. A parent has the power to keep their kids from things they shouldn't be introduced to - not the developer. If the parent PAYS ATTENTION to what their kids are doing - and stops them when they're doing something that the parent deems inappropriate (in this case playing a 'violent' video game) - they can keep their kids sheltered from this content. One final (somewhat unrelated) thought - I hate it when people compare Grand Theft Auto to Halo - they are two completely different genres. Halo is about killing aliens to save humanity. Grand Theft Auto is about *gory thoughts ahead - don't read this sentence if you don't want to* mowing down Police Officers with chainsaws and stealing cars. *end gore* In conclusion - you may think that I'm a parent who has dealt with this first hand - and has had success with this... you are incorrect. I am a fourteen and a half year old who has been raised in a good environment - and has been sheltered. Did I turn out too bad? Not in my opinion. And please don't use my age to judge my abilities - because as I believe I've shown in the past - my abilities FAR surpass my age... and the thing I hate the most is when people judge me by my age (hence the fact that I had not released my age here until now) Now to get back on topic (please don't use this paragraph to take this post off-topic). *I don't know if I'm mirroring what others have said - I really don't have the time at the moment to read the other posts - I just wanted to throw in my two cents worth - and I'm not really in the mood to get in a "war" over this.* |
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