The majority of us don't believe gaming is something that actually makes a person violent or becomes a menace in society. I've been playing games since I could remember and I have always loved them. However, I don't take them serious at the same time, they are a form of entertainment for me or something to release some stress. I wrote a humor article on the subject about parents freaking out about video games and violence:
http://vgmmdi.com/mother-co...
However, something caught my attention on what my son was doing. He was playing a video game where the sole purpose of it was to beat the crap out of your boss. I watched him hurt this person and even throw actual crap on him. I grabbed it from him and deleted it right away.
Now, as a parent, I was somewhat concerned on what my son was playing, because I didn't know how he got that game on my wife's phone. I'm sure she didn't download it. I find violence in games to be fine when there is a actual purpose to it and I usually try to monitor what he is doing, but I don't want to be that person that holds him back from the world.
Have your beliefs changed as a parent or as an uncle when it comes to the subject of video games?
FYI: The game is called "Kick the Boss." I found it when looking for a picture.
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Interesting. I will try the base game free trial when it comes out. I heard you can try the it as long as you want with Lvl 70 cap.
Not one bit. I game, often. And there are games that I love to play. Some of them are the most "controversial." However, like you, I will determine when my child is ready to play a game that may be more mature.
For instance, my children can play Destiny but they can't play Demon's Souls. They can play LittleBigPlanet but not Manhunt.
It isn't because those games will harm them, it is because I don't think they are mature enough for the conversation about those games. I don't think they are old enough to understand the nuances of those games.
It isn't fictional media that causes violence. Humans have the ability to tell fantasy from reality. Some humans are far more adept at it than others, but we know when something is not real.
Well if your asking honestly I think that was an over reaction on your part. I mean you can't really control your kids, growing up my friends who had ultra controlling parents mostly rebelled even harder. And honestly most of my friends who got along well with their parents had parents who were open and accepting and willing to talk about things.
As a parent I feel like you can't ever control who your child will become in full, you can only help to guide them and give them advice and try to present good opportunities. And if they don't want to listen there isn't a whole lot you can do, except keep trying.
And as far as games and violence go, TBH I think that the hormones and steroids they feed and inject into the livestock we eat is more of a cause of aggression in people. it's a fact that some of the things they inject animals with to make them grow larger muscles cause aggression in said animals.
Though I honestly wouldn't buy military shooters that involve one real country fighting versus another real country, personally I find those games to be very antagonistic and are trying to condition people into accepting the idea that war is inevitable. It bothers me how in America I always hear people in the media talk about war with China as if it's some sort of inevitable truth that eventually there will be a conflict. But that all said if my child bought or obtained said game I wouldn't take it away, but I might sit down with them and discus how I feel about "inevitable war rhetoric".
Anyways I would never tell anyone how to parent, but you asked that's my opinion.
Well, I like to think that my upbringing is a prime example in support of the opinion that video games do NOT cause violence in a person. At 8 years old, my father came home with a copy of Grand Theft Auto III; so I've been playing the Grand Theft Auto series for thirteen years. The first game I played was GoldenEye on Nintendo 64 at around 4 or 5 years old. I grew up watching my father play Manhunt while my mother stuck to Super Mario and Banjo Kazooie - LOL - so I've been exposed to violent video games at a young age.
To this day, I haven't gotten into so much as a fist-fight, never mind true violence. I should also address the fact that even while playing Grand Theft Auto, my parents would sit me down and ask what I did in the game and ask if I understood that some of the things you're allowed to do in the game, you aren't allowed to do in the real world. My response was always, "Mom, Dad, I know I can't do that in real life. It's illegal and wrong."
Once my parents established that I knew right from wrong, I was given free reign. So their parenting was done correctly. Of course, people can disagree as much as they'd like, arguing that I should never have been exposed to such games as Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt at a young age, but they can't tell my parents how to raise me, especially considering that their methods were pristine and spot-on.
If you ask me, parents who restrict their children and treat them like a German shepherd are more likely to have a child who grows up to be...colourful and rebellious, because of the heavy restrictions in their upbringing.