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Video Games Linked To Child Aggression
the4thdimension writes "CNN is running a story this morning that explains new research showing a correlation between video games and aggression in children. The study monitored groups of US and Japanese children, asking them to rate their violent behavior over a period of several months while they played video games in their free time. The study concludes that it has 'pretty good evidence' that there is a link between video games and childhood aggression." Stories like this make me want to smash things.
What's wrong with parents these days?
-jcr
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But all video games can bring out the worst in me.. even playing monopoly online :). When someone routinely lands on the luxury tax square instead of my hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place.. I start dropping F-bombs like they are going out of style! I've been known to throw a pen accross the room also...
;)
Maybe I should seek help
"Action without philosophy is a lethal weapon; philosophy without action is worthless."
...so that I don't have to be violet
I'm more a fan of the blues myself.
So the only aggression I have is this unexplainable urge to jump on people's heads and punch bricks.
AMATEURgress?
I don't get why they keep beating this horse...
Perhaps it is aggression induced by the video games?
Video games do not make people violent. On the contrary, I find video games to be a good way to wind down after a good killing spree. Video games train you to concentrate on a single task for a long period of time, which is an invaluable skill when you have to bury the bodies deep enough to evade those pesky corpse-sniffing dogs.
I find that far from being more aggressive, video games have made me more focused. Before, I was so aggressive I would get sloppy in my work, and often leave incriminating evidence behind. Now, with the help of video games, I can calmly clean up the scene, making sure not so much as a stray hair is left. This has made me so difficult to track that I can send off taunting letters to police secure in the knowledge that they'll never find me. Thanks, video games!
Next door there are two teenage boys with a younger sister, she is mad for High School Musical and they like rock. So far we've had raised shouting, a TV being ripped for the wall and one son actually throwing himself out of a window (no injuries) to get away from the music.
Now you could say that they are just being older brothers and mocking their sister's taste, but I say its proof that High School Musical causes violence in teens and so should therefore be banned.
Some would further say that this is evidence of "appropriate" for groups and how the horror movies that the boys watch aren't appropriate for their younger sister while HSM is not appropriate for the boys. You'd almost think some sort of certification should be placed on movies and games to give an idea of what is appropriate (Harry Potter - both sexes and aged 7 to adult, HSM - girls between the ages of 7 and 11).
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
I thought Jack Thompson was disbarred? Why are we still hearing about this crap?
That I feel like punching children.
Mmh, I see, so your strategy is getting them drunk so they will not fight back? Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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Kids do copy what they see, but a 6 year old kid shouldn't be playing GTA 3.
You're absolutely right, GTA 4 is out.
Honesty may be the best policy, but by process of elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy.
...so that I don't have to be violet
I'm more a fan of the blues myself.
Violet is ok, it's that ultra-violet music you want to keep away from your eyes and skin.
Duh, it's NOOBgress.
>Violet is ok, it's that ultra-violet music you want to keep away from your eyes and skin.
All things in moderation. Micheal Jackson would have benefited from some exposure to ultra-violet music.
There's nothing like a visit from a cop to put some healthy fear into kids. My brother was being bothered by some bullies in our neighborhood. Our uncle was visiting and hear about this, so he went and talked to the kids. It sarted as the usual, "quit messing with my nephew" type of thing that probably had the bullies rolling their eyes.
Then he asked them, "Have you ever seen one of these?" He flashed his police badge.
Never mind that we were in California and his badge was from Utah. Those bullies never bothered my brother again.
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso
Parents don't discipline their kids (OMG, you sent them to bed without supper? CHILD ABUSE THEY'RE DENYING NUTRITION!)
In America chances are that the kid needs to eat less anyway.
Balderdash!
> Maybe so, but try explaining that to the little girl next door who misses her turtle.
In all fairness, that was in self defense! I mean it was *walking* towards him. Yeah, so he had a few 'shrooms beforehand, but how can you blame the man for not wanting to tangle with it?
Just be glad it didn't have a red shell...