I agree with the approach that gaming and the internet is a safe way to introduce childen to a glimse of how twisted and demented this world is. I also agree that exposing childen to these kind of things is unnatural. With that said, I believe that everything should be in moderation. Exposing childen to these games and the internet should be closely monitored by their parents and should be done at the right age. What is the right age? It is all based on how mature the parents feels the child is. Obviously a child should not be playing counterstrike for hours on end when they are only 12 years old, but they also shouldn't be completely sheltered from the real world all together (I don't think scientists have shown that margarine, although unnatural, kills people). I am a college student right now and I've witnessed kids coming to college that have been sheltered their whole lives from these kind of things and they are actually the ones that get out of control their first year in school because they were never exposed to it. Like I said before..."everything is good in moderation".
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I agree with the approach that gaming and the internet is a safe way to introduce childen to a glimse of how twisted and demented this world is. I also agree that exposing childen to these kind of things is unnatural. With that said, I believe that everything should be in moderation. Exposing childen to these games and the internet should be closely monitored by their parents and should be done at the right age. What is the right age? It is all based on how mature the parents feels the child is. Obviously a child should not be playing counterstrike for hours on end when they are only 12 years old, but they also shouldn't be completely sheltered from the real world all together (I don't think scientists have shown that margarine, although unnatural, kills people). I am a college student right now and I've witnessed kids coming to college that have been sheltered their whole lives from these kind of things and they are actually the ones that get out of control their first year in school because they were never exposed to it. Like I said before..."everything is good in moderation".