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Parents not doing their "job"...

Correct, parents "not doing their job" is part of the reason a certain portion of the younger generation are more likely to end up failures, but part of "not doing their job" involves these same parents sidestepping the age requirement / rating of games like GTA,and buying things like this FOR their underaged children to zone out on.

Hypothetical situation:Johnny-14-year-old begs Mom and Dad (usually one or the other) to get him the new GTA game... Johnny-14-year-old's parent(s) get sick of listening to him beg, so they cave in an effort to shut him up about it, he sits in front of the XBox 360 they bought him to shut him up about THAT for hours learning how to ditch police that are chasing him becuase he's in a stolen car, and how to dispose of people he's killed "in-game", etc. In short, Johnny-14-year-old learns how to be a criminal! As far as it being "some game", it IS a "game" since it's electronically displayed on a screen by your videogame console... Problem is, this "game" mimics REAL LIFE too closely for comfort.

Posted by: KopaKrptik   Posted on: 05/01/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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