Knightwhosaysni
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This is a topic I'm interested in, and I'm doing a school assignment on this topic. I want to get people's views from different parts of the community and their reasoning behind their opinions.
So the question I pose you today, do you think that Kids (~10-14 year olds) should be playing video games, especially ones with violence and offensive language? Do you agree or think people have a point when they say that violence is a leading cause or factor in violent attacks (for example; The RUssian airport shootings last year or the Columbine Massacre.)? Why do you think this?
It's my opinion that anyone under the age of ten should not be playing video games with violence and even then it should be minimal stuff (like Age of Empires). But I do not think that video games cause violence and think it's an easy place to push blame to when there is a violent attack and the attacker plays video games or has an interest in them.
However, I also think that teenagers should be given the opportunity to play these games before their time, before a straight "No." from their parents is given as an answer. Parents should do research on the game that their child wants, if they believe their kid mature enough to handle it and don;t think that the kid will go shoot up the neighbourhood.
With the inconsistencies of the rating boards and such today, I think that if little Billy requests x game from his parents (and they believe their child to be mature enough to handle gamesa) that they should take responsibility and research the game before outright refusing because it might be rated R18 or straight up giving into their demands.
Sorry for the wall of text and I hope I'm making sense here
Share your thoughts
So the question I pose you today, do you think that Kids (~10-14 year olds) should be playing video games, especially ones with violence and offensive language? Do you agree or think people have a point when they say that violence is a leading cause or factor in violent attacks (for example; The RUssian airport shootings last year or the Columbine Massacre.)? Why do you think this?
It's my opinion that anyone under the age of ten should not be playing video games with violence and even then it should be minimal stuff (like Age of Empires). But I do not think that video games cause violence and think it's an easy place to push blame to when there is a violent attack and the attacker plays video games or has an interest in them.
However, I also think that teenagers should be given the opportunity to play these games before their time, before a straight "No." from their parents is given as an answer. Parents should do research on the game that their child wants, if they believe their kid mature enough to handle it and don;t think that the kid will go shoot up the neighbourhood.
With the inconsistencies of the rating boards and such today, I think that if little Billy requests x game from his parents (and they believe their child to be mature enough to handle gamesa) that they should take responsibility and research the game before outright refusing because it might be rated R18 or straight up giving into their demands.
Sorry for the wall of text and I hope I'm making sense here
Share your thoughts