Maraveno said:
The thing is tho, videogames are least in effect on people of all influences out there in the main media cause there's a barrier it's 3d not filmed action it's worked through a gamepad not fists
you say you have a daughter? 2 years of age?
Okay You do know that ofc not right now but when she's a bit older say starting age 5 when children start listening to music (and yes this begins at about 5)
You should ban her from hearing rap hiphop and generic pop first
you can let her play videogames even then
But the repeating sense of Things like "smack your ***** up" and all other rap lyrics and pop songs which we allow children to listen to has a much larger effect cause same as commercials it's a thing that's constantly repeated it's unavoidable it's everywhere
Music among other things is one of the biggest but most denied influences on children
there's a reason why raising a kid with bach and the like makes him into a band geek/nerd
That's why I said violent media as opposed to just video games. It is also why my daughter doesn't get to watch TV except for selected videos my wife and I have picked out for her. Heck, even the music we play around the house are mostly instrumental. (though I have let her listen to salsa music. it's how her mommy and daddy met, after all.)
There's another aspect to it though. I also just don't want her of getting into a habit of sitting in front of a computer all day. Lord knows she'll probably being doing that in future anyway. So, when she's young, I would like to try to keep her active as much as possible.
Now, when she say, turns 5 or 6, would I let her play games? well, that depends entirely on the game. I'll be honest, I might still not be comfortable with my then 5 year old playing a game where the objective is to kill something. Yeah, I know, wet blanket, blablabla. I would just rather she not make violent play her main form of entertainment just yet.