Teachers threaten to report parents to authorities if they let kids play 18+ video games

[Tachikoma]

Samus Aran said:

Tachikoma said:

I don't see this working, because the child could just as easilly see gameplay on youtube, watch/play it at a friends house, or see it on tv - or even just entirely make up instances of what they saw in the game, even if they dont have it, to be a part of the "cool" crowd, in which case the parents would be in legal trouble what things beyond their control.

Nice in concept, a minefield of failure in execution.

My parents bought me Metal Gear Solid on PC when it came out and my uncle gave me a pirated version of GTA III and Wolfenstein: Return to Castle Wolfenstein on the PC. Later I got my parents to buy GTA: Vice City. I also got a pirated copy of Quake III Arena from my friend. And we played a lot of Soul Blade and Syphon Filter at his house.

What's so wrong with letting kids play violent games...

And yeah, I didn't grow up with Nintendo. :p (if we ignore Pokémon red, silver and Super Mario Land 1 & 2.)

Depends entirely upon the individual child, and how that child interacts with other children, and what the social structure between them is.

So like i said, nice in concept, i.e. "in a perfect world", but in reality it has no hopes of success as even if 90% of parents restricted their kids, they would still manage to play such games anyway.

Frankly, i find it somewhat hypocritical that a movie with scenes of violence and nudity are generally classed much lower than games, too.