Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan wrote: > ... > Children who are "damaged" by playing video games usually have > some other issues in their upbringing that are much more important. > ... I agree with Nathan. In terms of causality I find any correlation between TV/Games and violent behavior dubious at best. I too have kids (8 and 10), and while I may wince at the premises of some the games (Grand Theft Auto), I will not blame the games should my children exhibit violent behavior. They learn from their parents, family, friends, school 99%, the news, etc. of what is accepted behavior. Pseudo info on TV is much worse than games or movies, and not only on children. - - Phong - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman (private) Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 1:37 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Courtesy and Civility - Blame the X-BOX! Ed, I have a 9-year old and a soon-to-be 14-year old. Between them, they have Playstation 1 and 2, a Nintendo 64 and a couple of Gameboys. I actually find playing games to be a better activity than watching TV; at least it is a more active pastime than just staring at the screen. The key is to use those things in moderation, of course, and to monitor what games they play. In our house, playing is only allowed on weekends, for example. As for the content of the games, well, they are mostly of the "shoot-them-up" variety (we do not have any of the truly adult ones that combine violence and sex), but I do not believe for a moment that my son will have problems distinguishing between the virtual world of Playstation and the real world in which we live. Children who are "damaged" by playing video games usually have some other issues in their upbringing that are much more important. Nathan Edward Caliguri wrote: > I know I can't "blanket blame" this thing, but I know many parents use it as > a babysitter. Their kids repeat words they hear on it, my kid now as well. > > My parents said the same about TV and our generation, but this is worse - > much worse. Maybe I am overreacting - but I think not. > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html