Comment Re:My vision on things (Score 1) 501
My wife and I have different views on this - she doesn't want my son using the computer at all. I'm sure I am going to win that one because in this day and age, you NEED to be able to use a computer to get by in life.
As for the content, well I am going to forbid him from playing anything TOO violent until I am sure he understands that a game is NOT real life. And just because in GTA he can go steal a car, he cannot do that in real life because there are consequences. Forbidding him to play games at all will not work because he'll just go over to a friends place where those parents perhaps aren't as vigilant as to what they are doing on the computer.
It is OUR responsibility to make sure that our children understand what is going on in the world around us. And while some people do bad things, it doesn't make it right, and there are consequences to doing those bad things. Parents need to be a part of their children's lives and to be there to explain the world around them.
I am also a firm believer that children need to be children as long as they can - but hiding them in a closet from the rest of the world will not benefit them in the long run (and if you ACTUALLY put them in a closet - well, that's against the LAW!)
As for the content, well I am going to forbid him from playing anything TOO violent until I am sure he understands that a game is NOT real life. And just because in GTA he can go steal a car, he cannot do that in real life because there are consequences. Forbidding him to play games at all will not work because he'll just go over to a friends place where those parents perhaps aren't as vigilant as to what they are doing on the computer.
It is OUR responsibility to make sure that our children understand what is going on in the world around us. And while some people do bad things, it doesn't make it right, and there are consequences to doing those bad things. Parents need to be a part of their children's lives and to be there to explain the world around them.
I am also a firm believer that children need to be children as long as they can - but hiding them in a closet from the rest of the world will not benefit them in the long run (and if you ACTUALLY put them in a closet - well, that's against the LAW!)
