Protecting children from things adult and improper. Where should the boundaries be?

[4channel]

Protecting children from things adult and improper. Where should the boundaries be?

Today children are exposed to things that 20 years ago were unheard of. As time creeps on we see more and more things that challenge belief. In film and on television, extremely violent imagery is such an accepted and major part of entertainment that some cannot enjoy a film or program unless it is violent.

In what passes for music, the lyrics are more explicit and sexually laden than they ever were. A great deal of the video clips that appear on television would be considered pornography once upon a time. Other forms of music such as some rap have lyrics about killing people, guns and putting down women in the worst possible way.

Something that would be laughed off as impossible years ago, children before they can even walk properly are now exposed to adult entertainers such as drag queens as part of some supposed education or enlightenment program. Some of these drag queens have names of male and female genitalia. Some have names that relate to sexual scents and arousal. Some even have gone as far as doing stripping routines, twerking, teaching twerking, and  other blatant sexually suggestive behaviour. They are even reading childrens stories that are an alternative to the male and female relationships or the birth genders..

Children are playing violent video games which are much more graphic and interactive than what they were in the past. Many are not interested in a video game unless it is violent. They can play for hours and hours on these games, either connected to their own source or a source that is online. Some of the games are so violent that some adults are sickened to the degree that they refuse to even talk about it. Others that do find it almost impossible to comprehend.

* Where should the boundaries be set or where should they have been set?

* What effect is this having on children today?

* How will things be in ten or twenty years time?

[rogespeed]

Certainly changed from the " John & Betty" early primary school reader days of discrete sexual equality conditioning ..... *

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* but still the girls chose not to play football with us guys .... IoI 

[katistrophik]

If this is just a hopeful re-enactment/continuation of the other locked thread, it ain't gunna last long

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Just sayin'....and you were quick with your responce roge LOL

[4channel]

The link between violent video games and violence. You be the judge.

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Science News  

Children's violent video game play associated with increased physical aggressive behaviorDate: October 1, 2018 Source: Dartmouth College Summary: Violent video game play by adolescents is associated with increases in physical aggression over time, according to a new meta-analysis.

Violent video game play by adolescents is associated with increases in physical aggression over time, according to a Dartmouth meta-analysis published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Although most researchers on the subject agree that playing violent video games appears to increase physical aggression, a vocal minority continues to dispute this. To examine issues raised by the counterclaims on this topic, Dartmouth researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 24 studies from around the world from 2010 to 2017 with over 17,000 participants, ages nine to 19 years-old. The studies all examined how violent video game play affected changes in real-world physical aggression over time, ranging from three months to four years. Examples of physical aggression included incidents such as hitting someone or being sent to the principal's office for fighting, and were based on self-reports by children, parents, teachers and peers.

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181001154033.htm

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A young person playing violent video games often will be affected. How bad will it be though?

[katistrophik]

Good save

[4channel]

Good try

[4channel]

IMO the people who say that violent video games don't affect children have no idea what the long term affects can be. Also some of them probably are guilty or play the games themselves.

[katistrophik]

Actually, loathe as I am to admit this, but I do think games can adversly affect kids. Particularly young kids, who are very impressionable, which is why games come, as do movies, with an Age rating. So again this falls in the Parental Control area for the most part.

My son has been a gamer since about the age of 8, he played age appropriate games [to the best of my knowledge] and is now 26 and I have found no bodies in his room or in the backyard.

However, not all teenagers/adults are of 'right mind' to begin with and I think this is where the danger lays.

A non developed mind will be likely to take it all too seriously, personally, anger issues can appear and some seek retributions for a perceived slight. I think hope they are in the minority, but who knows?

I watched a documentary many years ago and it was frightening how many actually believed the games were real, like a virtual reality game. Even people beleiving movies and actors were real is apparently not as uncommon as we would like to think.

I think it is like anything, if you have a predeliction towards violence, protaganism etc, that personality could be easily drawn into the dark side of the games and react accordingly.

For most a game is just a game, sadly there is no way of policing what 'mental capacity' the person who is playing has, so a hard topic to have a definitive answer for.

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Yes my spelling is terrible

[4channel]

I think you have it with "However, not all teenagers/adults are of 'right mind' to begin". This putting matches in the hands of the fire bug. Yes, a well -rounded person may not be affected and they will understand that what they are indulging in is merely a game. A child with issues or one without adequately guidance could  turn into a self-triggering "Manchurian Candidate".

[katistrophik]

Exactly, and none of us knows what lurks in another's mind, even the most evil [as evidenced by the likes of Bundy etc] have come across normal and charming, and possess the ability to totally socialise in an acceptable manner, scary.