video games and agression?

Poland
June 7, 2008 3:07am CST
Does video games are the trigger to agression for kids? What do you think? You can hear almoust every week about the agression with the video games in the background. Lasy week I was reading web news and I read that to teenagers were playing Counter Strike in the internet cafe. When they ended the game and leave cafe one of the boys killed another couse he lost with him. Same for the all stories with Grand Theft Auto in the background. Is it humans foult, or really video games?
2 responses
14 Jun 08
I do not believe that violence in video games causes children to be violent in real life. I believe that if children are to become violent then they will do without a great amount of influence from computer games, movies, etc; in other words, there has to be some sort of psychological malfunction within the subject for them to carry out acts of violence after playing computer games. Game ratings are there for a reason: if a game is rated 18 then it should be obvious that people under the age of 18 should not be playing that game, just like the movies. The trouble is, some parents are still of the mind that computer games are for kids; fact is, they are not! Parents should develop and maintain an interest in the games industry for the sake of understanding the type of games their children should not play; parents need to be better educated. After all, you would never let your five year old watch Nightmare on Elm Street, so why let them play Grand Theft Auto? Education is the key for parents to develop a key understanding of the games their children should and should not be playing and to, basically, protect their children from digital harm.
@izzuyasha (348)
• Malaysia
7 Jun 08
children tends to copy whatever they saw.if they watch someone do a breakdance,they will try to emulate that dance afterwards.its their parents responsibility to control what content in a video game that is suitable for their children.