Don't Blame The Games, Blame The Parent

jayintune writes "2old2play has an interesting article up on the recent push for more laws on videogame sales to children. It goes over the history of violent crime amongst teens and how it relates to the new surge in videogame-related legislation. Do laws really help our children or is it ultimately the parents role to decided?" From the article: "I'd say by the time a kid is three or four, he or she should know it's not okay to hit someone else. The child should be aware violence is not an acceptable response. Parents, grandparents, older siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, teachers... anyone older than a child should reinforce certain societal values and traits. Kids should and mostly do know better. I talked with a psychologist who told me children can separate reality from fiction at about nine or ten years of age. Well, "pre-teen" is what he said. At that age, they know what's on TV isn't real, what's in a video game isn't real. Video games are easier; they're basically just moving cartoons."

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[WilliamSChips]

Aside from the fact that I don't know what Nivarna is(I think you mean Nirvana), you're totally right. Actually, it goes back further than Rock and Roll. When novels were first introduced, they were demonized by preachers.
I blame religion. 99% of deaths were caused by very religiously devoted people(And before you even mention Communism, the Communist cults of personality without which Stalin and Mao would have fallen were religions, just not called that.) From the Romans to the Crusades to the War on Terror(both Bush and Osama are religious nuts), religion is the source of our problems. When the church controlled everything, we were in the Dark Ages.(And when they started loosening up, we were in the Renaissance.)