[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by arista

No Dezzy
its not meant for a child
Fact

That's not for you to decide, it's the child's parents' decision. Not yours.

Originally Posted by Cherie

That is completely different, there are very young children online playing these games with strangers, I wonder if their parents even know they can get online and do this

There are child safety options on most consoles both current and last generation. It's up to the parents to set them and oversee what their child is playing.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

That's not for you to decide, it's the child's parents' decision. Not yours.



There are child safety options on most consoles both current and last generation. It's up to the parents to set them and oversee what their child is playing.

Many Parents are not aware
Thats why Schools can deal with this 18 Rated Game

[lily.]

Originally Posted by arista

Many Parents are not aware
Thats why Schools can deal with this 18 Rated Game

If parents are not aware, then they are obviously not very good parents, in which case there will be bigger issues to contend with than video games.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by lily.

If parents are not aware, then they are obviously not very good parents, in which case there will be bigger issues to contend with than video games.

Isn't that more or less the opinion of the school?

[lily.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Isn't that more or less the opinion of the school?

No. I think the school is using video games as a scapegoat.

Maybe they ought to be looking into the upbringing of some of the 'at risk' kids, instead of making sweeping generalisations about parents who do allow kids to play adult videogames.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

That's not for you to decide, it's the child's parents' decision. Not yours.


If children are behaving inappropriately in school then school have a right to employ safeguarding, no one want their child exposed to inappropriate behaviour f


There are child safety options on most consoles both current and last generation. It's up to the parents to set them and oversee what their child is playing.

Yes but some are not using it so maybe they need educating

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Yes but some are not using it so maybe they need educating

That's their own responsibility, not the schools'.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

That's their own responsibility, not the schools'.

It is the schools responsibility if a child acts inappropriately while on school premises or are you suggesting they ignore it.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Cherie

It is the schools responsibility if a child acts inappropriately while on school premises or are you suggesting they ignore it.

Yeah, but if a kid is misbehaving to such an extent then there's obviously something seriously wrong and the problem won't lie with what games they're playing.

Blaming games is a scapegoat and by doing it people are ignoring the real issues at hand.

[lily.]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Yeah, but if a kid is misbehaving to such an extent then there's obviously something seriously wrong and the problem won't lie with what games they're playing.

Blaming games is a scapegoat and by doing it people are ignoring the real issues at hand.

Agree with this. A lot of times, there's a clear problem with kids and the school don't want to address it. Making a big hullaballoo about videogames doesn't really solve this issue.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Yeah, but if a kid is misbehaving to such an extent then there's obviously something seriously wrong and the problem won't lie with what games they're playing.

Blaming games is a scapegoat and by doing it people are ignoring the real issues at hand.

No its not scapegoating, its been well documented that some children are heavily influenced by what they watch or play Jamie Bulger's killers being a case in point, if it saves one child from his fate I don't see the issue really.

[lily.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

No its not scapegoating, its been well documented that some children are heavily influenced by what they watch or play Jamie Bulger's killers being a case in point, if it saves one child from his fate I don't see the issue really.

I think there might have been more to the Jamie Bulger murderers than videogames. You do realise the type of home they lived in, right? There was a pattern of child neglect. Videogames were not the big problem.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Cherie

No its not scapegoating, its been well documented that some children are heavily influenced by what they watch or play Jamie Bulger's killers being a case in point, if it saves one child from his fate I don't see the issue really.

No, it's absolving someone of their guilt.

'Oh it's not their fault they killed someone, the game made them do it'

**** that **** and **** anyone who believes it. the killers are to blame for Jamie Bulger's death, nothing else.

Blaming games is just an excuse for parents not to do any actual parenting.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Cherie

No its not scapegoating, its been well documented that some children are heavily influenced by what they watch or play Jamie Bulger's killers being a case in point, if it saves one child from his fate I don't see the issue really.

locking a;ll children in jails will reduce cases like Bulger and will drastically reduce the number of children killed outside by cars, rivers etc