OK, is this really an issue?

[Occhidiangela]

If a kid is allowed to play whatever video game he wants, without any parental guiding, then sure; they might get the oppression that using a hooker then killing her to get your money back is OK. But seriously, preventing kids from playing video games is for parents who are too lazy to sit down and talk with their kids.

Nonsense. Out of idle curiosity, which of the Wit brothers are you: Dim, Nit or Half?

Preventing kids from playing video games is a decision any parent may make if there are other avenues of leisure that they feel it is healthier for their children, and-or their family, to pursue. Psychololgists have well documented the "toxic" (term provided to me by a child psychologist I know) nature of the current CRT/video stiumulation environment that most children in America grow up in. Choosing to allow some, few, or no video games (and for that matter TV and or movies) is a decision that any parent will make based on their judgment and efforts in child development. Your assumption that such parents do not sit down and talk with their kids comes from . . . where? Do your parents neglect you?

I watched little TV as a kid, unlike most of my generation, as my parents DID NOT PERMIT IT. That was not child abuse, it was good parenting. I found plenty to do otherwise, to include reading, sports, running around and playing with my friends, board games, playing guitar, after school work as I got older, etc. I was also now and again guided to activities or chores that needed doing if I ever was fool enough to complain that I was bored.

By banning a video game, this means that the parents don't have to actually explain to their children what is right and what is wrong. Instead of actually taking time getting to know their kid, they just rant against violence in (media form X) so that they don't have to.

BS

I can ban a video game in my home without ignorant rants against violence or ignoring my kids, or by omitting discussion about moral, legal, and social matters of interest. I also do not choose to buy FPS's as a class of game. My wife and I collectively made that choice. My kids are learning how to use real weapons, on a range, under my instruction. I consider it a life skill useful for any citizen: the safe handling of firearms. I appreciate folks who choose not to own and use firearms, they are welcome to their exercise of judgment.

Your post is beyond ignorant, founded on the regurgitation of an inane sound byte. Before you open your yap again on the topic of parenting, go borrow a nickel and rent a clue.

Occhi