Parents Fear Video Game Exposure More Than Sex & Drugs
Parental gaming resource “What They Play” published some study data that shows parents are far more concerned about their children’s exposure to video game content than they are about their children being exposed to alcohol, violence and pornography. The official press release said this:
Nearly 3,000 respondents in two separate What They Play polls concluded that drinking beer and watching pornography were less objectionable activities for children than playing certain video games. Further, viewing violence was more acceptable than seeing content involving sex and sexuality within games.
Sadly most of the results of the study show that the parents are far more worried about video games often because the threats of sex and drugs are known and much easier to deal with. Given that crime rates are lower than they used to be while kids are having sex at earlier and earlier ages these days as well as drinking and doing drugs younger and younger, it seems that parents should still be focusing on the things they ‘know’ how to deal with. Unfortunately due to media extremism regarding violence linked in even the remotest way to video games many parents are much more concerned about little Johnny playing Grand Theft Auto and its virtual hookers than they are about him sleeping with the girl next door.