Another disgusting case where parenting issues, insanity and even underage sex are sidelined in favor of blaming video games.
Now, I completely agree that minors should not be playing R rated video games, though that's the parents job, not the game industry's (though making it easier for parents to realize that consoles can do the work for you would be a step up). I mean, how fucking hard is it to pick up a game box and notice the ESRB rating?! "Hmm, maybe my 13 year old should not be playing this R18 game, because that label MAY be here FOR A REASON." For the love of god, even if you don't give two shits about video games, you must watch movies, right? They have age ratings too!
"Online gaming may be outside [the] parents' knowledge. We need to look again at what we can do to stop this."
Bullshit. You are mistaking the vast, near limitless internet for a single CD. If my kids are playing Super Mario, I know it's not going to start shooting up porn the moment they start the online mode. If they play Gears of War, I know it's going to be violent and gritty regardless of whether they're playing it online or offline. Chat messaging aside, a game does NOT just leap up the age rating scale the moment you start playing online.
I can even understand claims that video games may make an already psychotic person even more deranged (you can't deny violence is glorified or at least amplified a lot in games), but this is just a whole new level of ridiculous. I'm sorry, it's not the video games to blame, it's a mixture of the fact that the kid is a complete amoral loony, and that the parents just do not give a fuck about him.
krazykidd said:
But i fail to see how his parents are at fault . He's 13 , they are no longer following him around wherever he goes . I don't know about you , but when i was 13 , my parents weren't exacly breathing down my neck everytime i wanted to go somewhere . And teenagers lie all the time about where they are and who they're with . So if this kid wants to go out and have sex , he will regardless of what his parents say/think .
Also , we got 16 , hell 20 year olds having unprotected sex and getting pregnant , is it really surprising that a 13 year old kid didn't use protection?
I really, really hope you are trolling. By that logic we shouldn't be surprised when eight year olds start having sex in the near future. Plus, the law states that you're allowed to have sex when you reach the age of 16 (at least it does in NZ), plus you technically aren't a kid at 16 (and sure as hell not at 20, what the fuck?), so yes, it IS surprising.
If you are not willing to spend time with your children, show at least some interest in what they like doing and care about keeping tabs what they are doing and where they are going, YOU SHOULD NOT BE HAVING CHILDREN. You are basically saying that parents have zero responsibility over their children, which is just plain wrong in so many, many ways. I don't need to 'breath down my kid's neck' to know what their hobbies are and the dangers of said hobby, or teach them how babies are born and why they really, really don't want one when they are just kids themselves. I'm sorry, but suggesting that because I'm not able to keep surveillance on my kids 24/7, I don't have to bother with the bare basics of parenting at all, is just simply ludicrous.
Yes, teenagers lie, and they lie a lot, but I'd like to think I may just notice it if my teenagers bring a baby into the house.