I mean if a kid f’s up, the parent blames it all on the video games. Why?
I’ve seen a lot of anti-video games who are religous groups, parents (esp. mothers), and women. Why do these people have against video games?
Can you really blame video games for youth violence?
Why Are Parents Blame Video Games For Youth Violence?
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No, video games do not cause kids to be violent. Neglectful parenting does though.
it’s hard to say, these groups have a point because some video games are beyond violent, but at the same time these groups must realize that it is not all the video game. It is partly the parents fault. The parents are the ones who buy the game if the child is not of purchasing age, but they also don’t look at what the game is when they buy it. Nor do the parents sit down with the child and explain to them the difference between reality and the reality in the game world. The only thing that i can think of of these groups is two things. Either they thems selves are real lazy parents and instead of teaching their children about life and fantasy they instead focus their energy to banning these forms of entertainment. Or they understand the media presented in front of them and are legitimately offended. To blame video games for youth violence is a legitimate arguement, because for some children it is their first exposure to actual violence but like i stated earlier it is up to the parents to explain to their children that the violence they see from the video game can have serious reprocussions if they were to do the same things in real life. Reality and fantsy.
I don’t know, sometimes I think it’s a combination of things. It’s too simplistic to blame the video game(s). My son watches the military channel, he loves learning about weapons, he watches all sorts of cartoons, he plays video games (although I draw the line at bloody-graphic games) and he takes TaeKwonDo. My son doesn’t have a violent bone in his body, in fact he needs to be more assertive, but he’s just laid back and easy going kind of kid.
Also, we have discussions about the above mentioned items: what’s just a story, what’s real or realistic, when military force is good, when violence is bad etc etc etc
I blame the parents who buy the video games. If you’re that out of touch as a parent to either not know what your kid is playing or to feel it’s ok to expose them to all kinds of violence, then the root of your kid’s problem is probably actually the lack of dependable parenting. Video games don’t make people violent, feeling out-of-touch and alone and having no boundaries makes people violent.
Because if they couldn’t blame video games, they might have to consider the fact that THEY are to blame . . .
Violent games don’t cause teenage violence — if that was the case, then all those kids growing up playing cowboy-and-Indian and cops-and-robbers with pretend guns would have all grown up to be hardened criminals. But back then, moms usually stayed home, the kids were better supervised, everyone in the neighborhood knew everyone else, and they got a decent breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday.
1: Not ALL parents do blame video games.
2: Not ALL parents are to blame for their kids acting like idiots.When you reach a certain age, YOU have to take responsibility for your own actions.People need to stop blaming video games, society and the parents.People are in control of themselves and only they are to blame.
Because some parents choose not to take responsibility for their own children so they play the blame game. Perhaps if they raised their children with common sense instead of having video games take their place, then their kids wouldn’t be messed up.
i know. kids know Fantasy and reality. and if the kids think that people go around shooting each other then the kid would be messed up anyways
Because they can’t except the fact that they failed as a parent.