Violent Games and Movies Part 2

I do think there is an age you should let kids engage in this kind of activity though. I don’t think a five year old should playing Grand Theft Auto, or watching some rated R movie. But for older kids who just play the games and watch the movies for fun shouldn’t be penalized. I just think the relation is ridiculous.

What really caught my attention was the fact that the parents were suing these companies. It was probably they who bought the Nintendo toy gun and let him watch cable in the first place. I really don’t understand their reasoning.

This article made me think of this violence argument in general. People are always arguing over how much violence is displayed in the media, and the effect it has on their children. Tip-don’t let your kid watch it. You can’t protect them from everything, especially when they have a remote in their hand and cable television. But you can do things like parental control and you can do a little monitoring. For games: read that giant, bold, black letter in the corner. Then, turn the game box around, look in the lower right-hand corner-and presto. It tells you all the potentially dangerous and violent stuff in the game. Yeah, the kid can probably still play violent games if their friends have them or an older sibling lets them, but agree with Finney-it’s not the sole cause for what makes a psycho.