[OoZic]

I blame it on the Agatha Christie books.... so let's start another Crystal Night

[malex]

Ok, so they want to blame video games while still admitting this?

* 93% of parents nationwide say lack of supervision for children contributes to violence.

Wouldn't it be easier to just have all parents supervise their own kids?... you know, LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE!

We need to start realizing that to be a parent doesn't only mean paying bills and providing food for our kids, there needs to be a certain amount of interaction between parents and children. I have a nephew who after spending time with him, I'm not too comfortable letting him play overly violent games when he comes over. He's not slow or anything like that, quite the opposite, he has excellent grades, plays soccer, and though a bit shy he's friends with the kids in his class, BUT I've also seen how he gets when he gets angry, and the fact that he can get angry pretty easily. Maybe playing games would help him blow off some steam, but to be honest I don't believe violent games should be used for therapeutic ends.

Parents don't truly know their kids these days, and that's because they are always "Unloading" them on someone else (babysitters, grandparents, or the video game store when they go to the mall). Let me put it to you guys this way, I have a Sister who works in a day care center that has a contract with a company to take care of their employees kid's while they work, now the funny thing is that the company is closed Saturdays, the day care isn't, and all these "parents" still drop their kids off EVERY SATURDAY. After Sandy hit, and left the roads in Jersey a mess, these people still braved the roads to get rid of their kids, sadly for them the day care closed for 3 days.

When all is said and done, adults shape kids' behavior, so if the kids grew up to be screwed up, it's not the kids' fault, but the imbeciles that shaped them over the years. Mentally challenged kids are of course a different matter, but then you've never seen a recognized special kid go on a killing spree.

[Prince Valiant]

Right on, Malex, parents need to start parenting if they want their kids to grow up a certain way.

[Cheesethief]

Originally Posted by UncleanOne Violent games and movies are just fuels for the already deranged mind.

This is actually a very accurate statement. I did a bit of research a few years ago and found the following:

1. Violent video games do not make people more violent UNLESS they are already predisposed to being violent (mental problems, etc.)

2. The majority of parents do understand the content ratings and use them when buying games for their kids.

3. That said, violent video games DO desensitize the people that play them to some degree. This DOES NOT make people any more violent than they would be without this desensitization, just care less about a violent event than people who do not play violent video games. Though desensitization would also probably apply to watching violent movies and other media.

[malex]

Originally Posted by Prince Valiant Right on, Malex, parents need to start parenting if they want their kids to grow up a certain way.

Yup, I know all animals have certain behaviors ingrained in their DNA, like turtle hatchlings making a mad dash for the water without any parental guidance, breathing, etc, but to be in a state of mind where you commit these atrocities is definitely something that is nurtured over the years, and one way or the other the responsibility lies with parents.

Maybe they should legally make parents go through the same punishment as their kids when they do something like this?

[mrBear]

People will find problems anywhere else but bad parenting. In the 80s it was pop and rock music that were evil in parents eyes, then it was TV, now they blame it on games. Violence was always there, before these mediums even existed.

I remember my dad shouted that I cant play Judas Priest in his house since im inviting the devil (Little did he know I already lived there )

[malex]

Originally Posted by mrBear ...I remember my dad shouted that I cant play Judas Priest in his house since im inviting the devil...

Well they were about to call the excommunicate me, and call the inquisition for listening to Enigma songs. I'm, sadly, not joking when I say one of our neighbors told my mom to have me exorcised... if she only knew the things I did her daughter.

[BGMaxie]

Yeah, right.....blame it all on games.....as if. What are most violence games based on? eh? In REALITY, nothing more than reality. They want to acuse GTA, Modern Warfare, CoD and stuff like that for violence? Guess what they are nothing that does not already exist in our world and is nothing that isn't shown in all kind of media, in a daily basis.

If Video Games are contributors to that (as we can't say they are not), they are NEVER the sole source of the problem, and in fact there are many other things that fuel that problem.

Although I believe some stuff to be exaggerated at times (such as some ridiculous censoring of words that aren't that bad or clothes that aren't pornographic, but indeed charming), it is true that something must be done, to allow a better education on the matter.

As that first post said, hiding it, will never be the solution, but teaching it and being actively responsible on how to handle the problem is how you manage to control it, evasion and blaming will get to nowhere.