HappySqurriel on 18 April 2008
| elnino334 said: Kutner did state, however, that both boys and girls who play almost nothing but M-rated violent video games (and play those games for more than 15 hours a week), can be at greater risk for "getting into trouble." Olson added that this is a "risk marker; it doesn't mean it's causing it." |
This is something I have talked about several times. Regardless of how you feel about violent videogames I think that it is fair to say that we don't know what the long term impact of excessive exposure to these violent videogames are on a developing mind; beyond that I think that a parent should see excessive use of videogames (not necessarily violent videogames) as a warning sign, and should encourage alternative activities when videogame useage gets too high.
| elnino334 said: More interesting still is that boys who did not play any video games at all also had "significantly greater risk," Kutner explained, "It seems that playing video games for boys is a marker of social confidence. That surprised us." |
I wonder how much of this "greater risk" is related to why these children can't play videogames ... If you're raised in a dirt-poor house and simply can't afford even a used console you're probably more likely to end up in trouble.
