Survey Calls Kids Who Play Games "Little Brats"

[Phantomess]

Saw castle. Thought Hogwarts (yes, I know the external scenes were shot there, I'm not quite that silly on a regular basis).

But on the topic of being reasonable, sure, small children need to be bribed. I did two years of children's parties and I got GOOD at bribing children. Real good. It's the only thing that gets through to them.

 

[The Apothecarry]

Kids become brat-like if you shut off a movie, too.

 

[Sylocat]

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[Grond Strong]

You know Greg, I agree with you. After just a couple hours of gaming today I can feel the entertainment radiation melting away my irreplaceable brain cells of logic and reasoning. Not.

My parents have felt this way about games since we started playing sonic on my grandparents old Sega Genesis. Violent little hedgehog... I think that the nostalgia of their "old days" creeps up on them and they want to see their kids round up a bunch of neighborhood buddies and play a good ol' game of baseball at the nearest park. What they don't know is that they ARE rounding up buddies from around the world and instead of dangerously swinging wooden clubs around they are digitally shooting their friends online. Somehow, this forms the same type of camaraderie because if it didn't then we would still be living in the fifties.

Times have changed and so have the forms of entertainment. Who's to say which one is right or wrong? Sure one may not be as physically demanding as another. But what does that mean? Who are you to judge a form of entertainment? I might be able to sympathize if the world economy and social system was crashing due to them, but it isn't. Everything is all right in moderation but for some reason, I don't think my parents would have had as much of a problem with me having a passion for soccer instead of gaming.

Face it mom and dad. Games are cool. Cooler than you. The end.

 

[Tsaba]

The best memories of my life was when me and my father would play video games out on the patio, Mario All Stars on the SNES, would either take turns or beat the crap out of each other in battle mode on MB3.... How I wish to go back to those simple days. Sounds more like bad parenting if you ask my honest opinion.

 

[Logic 0]

That castle only sounds fun if I can bring modern technology to mess with the peasants.

 

[Merkavar]

Warwick Castle said. "This is contributing to few kids playing outdoors, getting fresh air

where are kids meant to play outside. on the street? at the local park where they removed all the play equipment and replaced it with one seesaw swing thing? near me kids i guess could play in the bush 30 metres from a 50m cliff.

i just cant see how an open field to play in can compare to playing GTA or cod.

 

[KAPTAINmORGANnWo4life]

I thought limiting creativity was the whole point of the public school system (at least in countries West of Germany, North of Peru, and East of Fiji)

 

[cfehunter]

Meh. Hopefully this will stop after the current generation have gotten older and the next generation of parents fully take their place (the console generation).

As has been stated several times, children react to any sort of stimulus the same way they do to gaming.
They get over excited and that exacerbates their normal behaviour.

Besides, do you parents like getting pulled away from your hobby to work?

 

[TheDoctor455]

Hmm...
Anyone else find this study a bit one-sided?

All of the labels for their kids are negative...
is there really NOTHING positive that anyone can think of?
Really?

Way to tear down without building up guys.

 

[justnotcricket]

Here are some of the findings of the survey:

6 out of 10 parents limit game playing because of the effect it has on their children.
3 out of 10 said that they witnessed a change in behavior after the children played games.
4 in 10 said that it was hard to get them to do "anything."
1 in 4 said their children became "ignorant zombies."
1 in 5 said their children became "little brats."
28 percent claimed that their children became "lethargic."
49 percent claimed that their children became "unreasonable."
1 in 6 said that their children became "aloof."

So basicly...
4 out of 10 parents do not limit game playing because it has no effect on their children.
7 out of 10 said that they did not witness a change in behavior after the children played games.
6 in 10 said that it was not difficult to get them to do "anything."
3 in 4 said their children did not become "ignorant zombies."
4 in 5 said their children did not become "little brats."
72 percent claimed that their children did not become "lethargic."
51 percent claimed that their children did not become "unreasonable."
5 in 6 said that their children did not become "aloof."

Btw, it's called framing. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_effect_%28psychology%29]

This is pretty much how I read all surveys! You read what's written, then you turn it around to get the rest of the picture (which was usually the half they didn't want you to see...).

 

[Exosus]

Same shit, different day.

 

[C2Ultima]

Oh who cares? This is just a typical bunch of boneheads trying to attack video games as easy targets, in order to take advantage of impressionable parents with no expertise on the matter, tricking them into thinking their stupid castle thing is better than video gaming, in order to manufacture some sort of backwards illusion that they're the winner by default.

 

[Xanthious]

Having spent time on XBL/PSN I would argue this survey is being rather generous. Christ, those places are a breeding ground for little foul mouthed twats to scream racial slurs and other miscellaneous profanity.

On a slightly different tangent it amazes me how blindingly insecure the die hard video game crowd is. Newpaper saying hurtful things about video games? Holy hell, you'd think they were digging up and violating your dead grandmother while pouring sugar in your gas tank. Exactly why do any of you give two rotten pieces of bird shit what anyone thinks about your hobby?

Bottom line I've seen emotionally unstable little girls with thicker skin than your average hardcore gamer when it comes to their precious hobby. People are going to say unpleasant things about your hobby gamers get used to it. Hell some of them are even warranted. The sooner you learn not to get your panties in a knot whenever someone mutters something that can be construed as unpleasant the better off you will be.

 

[Krantos]

My little brother (by little I mean 16 years my junior) plays a lot of games, and my mother is always complaining about it. Particularly that he throws a fit when they tell him to get off. As a way to both encourage better parenting and display how he can responsibly enjoy a hobby that I find rewarding, I came up a with a system of using "Game Time" as a sort of allowance/currency.

Essentially, under the plan, he would receive a given amount of time each day (say 1 hour). If he chose not to use that time, it would accumulate, meaning he would be rewarded for doing other things by getting more time on a later day. He could also earn additional time by completing chores, doing well in school, etc. However, losing time had to be a result of either misbehavior related to gaming (i.e. throwing a fit about having to get off). They would also be free to give him unlimited time at their discretion (i.e. when he's sick or some other instance).

Thus, the system focuses of positive reinforcement and encouraging time management while staying very measurable, especially if they kept a tally sheet on the fridge or something to keep track of time.

So what happened when I pitched the idea? Brushed me off. Seems she'd rather ***** about it than do anything constructive. So glad I live 4 hrs away.

Parents seem to like having games around to act as a scapegoat. "It's those damn games!" No. It's your parenting.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

While not completely untrue, I've yet to see anyone under the age of 18 on the Internet who doesn't scream down his/her microphone and yells for everyone to go rape themselves.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

the response choices alone should point to the biased nature of this survey

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I've been to Warwick Castle and it was a great day, to be sure. The survey is still stupid though.

 

[Icehearted]

Parents do have to realized they need to be involved with their children and keep an eye on this stuff. kids don't play with sticks and dirt enough these days.

Amen to that.

Nice part about growing up without cell phones in every ear, an iPod in every pocket, and a console in front of everyone's big enormous twelve inch screen was that we were more connected personally, by which I mean face to face, than over a monitor or through a mic. I'm too old to have been dumped via text, to have posted my idiotic teen thoughts on youtube, or to know what it's like to hang out with friends (actual ones) without being in the same room. We're just seeing the consequences of irresponsible parenting and kids that are way too wired in.

I kind of pity them.

 

[Stevepinto3]

Ted: Hey guys, what can we do to get a lot of easy publicity for our attraction?
Bob: I dunno, maybe insult our competition?
Ted: Ok, what is competing with us for money that parent's spend on their kids?
Joe: Video games I guess.
Ted: Perfect! Easy punching bag, meeting adjourned.