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

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rutea7 said:

Augen said:

To me it is not so much the buying as the attitude.  My parents bought me M rated games before I was 18, but they also talked to me and took notice of any poor behavior with discipline (I lost my Sega Genesis for month after I shouted a swear word...and that was losing at NHL 94).

On this issue, children being exposed by parents to media is not a crime or a form of abuse.  It may be irresponsible or neglectful, but we cannot micro manage every aspect of parenting.

this is very true. when parents give their kids access to any kind of media and liberties they need to be responsible and aware of how they interact and react to it. my problem is most parents have no freaking clue what they are being permissive about and they dont spend the time to take notice of their kids becoming major douches

My biggest problem is that a lot of parents would rather be friends with their kids than true and responsible parents. Some want to live vicariously through ther children. Some are just lazy and will roll over at the fist sign of conflict, or will do anything their kids say so they can have some time to themselves