Ahmed
BrentonViolent Video Games Doesn't Make Killers Out of Kids, It Makes Retards Out of Them
November 1st 2007 17:03
Violence is something that is difficult for children to comprehend. Even if it is all around them festering in various forms such as games, movies or comic books we find children don't react in a way that shows they understand and are able to deal with the violent content.
CBS has cited some research claiming that violent games makes kids act more violently (video below) yet the question is, why? And in what ways do they become more violent if they indeed even are becoming more violent.
Besides the rather obvious rhetoric 'too much videogames is bad for you' (too much water is bad for you too) the more elusive and misleading allegation of 'games make kids violent' comes into the play. The answer isn't as simple as 'they become more aggressive and hit each other or damage property because they copy what they see on TV', kids do that even without violent games. Kids who play too much violent video games, or video games for that matter will end up being problems to society in general, they won't develop any real social skills and remain closed off. If they pick up a gun later in life and go on a killing spree it's more the fault of the parents for not engaging their kids in real human to human activity but letting them play games all day.
However I do find that violent games in any dosage just isn't *good* for some kids and not in the sense it makes them more violent but more that it turns them into living breathing social retards. The following video shows two kids playing 'Doom 3', suffice to say they're laughing at the violence and probably destroying their social skills in the process.
In the end like all things parents should know what their kids are playing and should not let them play more violent games. It doens't necessarily make them more violent, it doesn't necessarily desensitize them to violent but their inability to discern fact from fiction coupled with playing lots of violent games could cut into their social development.
CBS has cited some research claiming that violent games makes kids act more violently (video below) yet the question is, why? And in what ways do they become more violent if they indeed even are becoming more violent.
Besides the rather obvious rhetoric 'too much videogames is bad for you' (too much water is bad for you too) the more elusive and misleading allegation of 'games make kids violent' comes into the play. The answer isn't as simple as 'they become more aggressive and hit each other or damage property because they copy what they see on TV', kids do that even without violent games. Kids who play too much violent video games, or video games for that matter will end up being problems to society in general, they won't develop any real social skills and remain closed off. If they pick up a gun later in life and go on a killing spree it's more the fault of the parents for not engaging their kids in real human to human activity but letting them play games all day.
However I do find that violent games in any dosage just isn't *good* for some kids and not in the sense it makes them more violent but more that it turns them into living breathing social retards. The following video shows two kids playing 'Doom 3', suffice to say they're laughing at the violence and probably destroying their social skills in the process.
In the end like all things parents should know what their kids are playing and should not let them play more violent games. It doens't necessarily make them more violent, it doesn't necessarily desensitize them to violent but their inability to discern fact from fiction coupled with playing lots of violent games could cut into their social development.
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