HA, HA, HAAAAAAA, HAAA....grow folks stuck in the past realy are confused. The comment from the host, towards the end, tops it all. She says in a disappointed voice, "...it's harder to parent your children." I'm tired of witnessing these adults trying to hold on to these ancient values in an effort to NOT have to work at their childrens development. The old woman, Cooper Lawrence, who begins the clip states, "...I have to go with the statistics, young boys can't tell the difference between fiction and reality in games." In that moment, she and whoever conducted that study proves that adults, who think like her, have no respect for responsible adults who raise their children well. Progressive life is proof that, if you raise your child to be responsible, respectful and aware, they should have no problem seperating fact from fiction. These older people who don't understand technology are afraid of it and are insulted that children are more tech savvy then they are. Video games have replaced board games and other older forms of in-home entertainment and the ignorant sector of adults need a way to reverse that so they fish for ways to keep their childrens minds enslaved. The traditional American way of raising a child is "sugar-coating" reality (Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, etc.) and treating them as work objects (excessive chores; little or no benefits) - not HUMANS! This is one of the reason some children turn on their parents and adults as they get older. When truths from the falsehoods taught to children are revealed, those parents (and adults like them) are now seen as liars and decievers. So to all you ancient parents out there who don't respect your children as developing people......YOU GET WHAT YOU GET!! I will be playing Mass Effect and my son will sit next to me with his controller as we discuss the digital birds and the bees and switch games if we have to, se we can dump 1,000's of virtual bullets and rack-up massive kills from enemies! ;-)
Jan 23, 2008 11:04pm PST