Survey Suggests Parents Now See Games as Positive For Kids

[FPLOON]

...I blame ABCMouse.com... It's clearly a flash gaming site disguised as an educational website...

OT: Ha HA! Take that, false propaganda!! But seriously, this is awesome! Progressing from the nagative to a more positive outlook does do wonders for the future generations to come in our later lifetimes...

Now, to wait to see more AAA games claiming to be that "educational alternative" to learning something productive for the "kids out there"...

 

[grigjd3]

Well, I am a father and I play video games. Come to think of it, my father played video games with me. The result was I got a PhD in physics. I don't know that this had anything to do with video games, but it likely helped that my dad would hang out with me. At any rate, I wonder what the next boogie man will be.

 

[Strazdas]

i am 24. the average age that people get their first child here is the age of 23. by all accounts, people like me who grew up with games are now seeing the positives sides of it while being parents.
on the other hand 44% still doesnt.

Jesus, people born after i became a gamer are capable of having children now. jesus i feel old.

*shrug*

Study done by the ESA. They're a lobby group for the video game industry. The study is probably as biased as the studies that come out and find links between violent video games and aggressive behaviour, if not more so.

they are a biased source, granted, but from whats available they are the largest scale operation that is at least reasonably transparent enough to not be thrown out like most "Studies" escapist report on. they are not perfect, but its the best we got.

 

[Someone Depressing]

Just wait for the next serial killer having Mortal Kombat on the PS Vita being found in their house.

This is good, but it won't last, and with it problems arise anyway.

 

[Jamieson 90]

Good to hear, no doubt video games will become increasingly accepted as more parents were raised with them. My folks are around 50 but very anti-gaming, I've tried helping them overcome this but no luck, they just don't see the point in gaming. At-least they don't bug me about it much any-more.

My parents are around the same age; my father just turned 56 and my mother will be 57 in a few months. Neither of them have any problems with my gaming and never really have, they just can't get into it. I've tried a few times with some really easy games but even then they end up getting stuck on walls etc. I think the best success we've had is with those point and click hidden objective games which my mum loves.