VIOLENCE in our kids - Society Forum

Apprentice Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 14

In the past few days, I have seen a couple of TV programms targeted to show the steady increase in VIOLENCE in kids and teen-agers. The reason, as they put it, was that the increased exposure of children to violence, through computer games. Confused

Rising Star Joined: Jan 01, 2005 Posts: 16

Yeah, it the nature of humans to respond to whatever they are experiencing and I think the gore and violence in some of the shoot-em-ups these days is too much, and too realistic to top that! Exclamation

New User Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 2

I’d say that the fault lies with the parents that don’t control the content their children are being exposed to. No one else but the parents can control this situation, ’cause not just the kids but the adults enjoy these games as well and I have heard people rattle on about banning such games…now that would be insane! Mad

Apprentice Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 14

You stop a child from playing a game in your house and he’ll probably go a play it at his friend’s house. What needs to be done is that parents should watch that the child doesn’t buy games that are not specified for his age group (the game companies rate all their games which is a great thing for parents). And in addition, the parents should give good reasons to the kids why they don’t allow them to play a certain game. I think confidence between the child and parent is the key to control the over exposure. Idea

Apprentice Joined: Jan 03, 2005 Posts: 10

I think you guys are jumping to conclusions here, what does it matter with games? We all play them…we have, most of us, grown up playing a lot of games and it has done us no harm and then one person out a thousand comes up and commits a crime and the next thing you know there is all the talk of banning games and not letting kids play games! This is absurd Evil or Very Mad

if you ask me. A game is a GAME …not reality, and games don’t affect real life behaviors…it is probably something the brought-up of the particular children that affects them and the media all blame it on the games.

Rising Star Joined: Jan 01, 2005 Posts: 16

Hawk, you can shut your eyes up like a pigeon if you like but, the reality is that violent games and TV programs are affecting our society for sure. We have to take into account that there is medical proof of the fact that such stress oriented games raise the adrenalin level of the players and then the extra energy has to be spent somewhere. It is true that not all of us react to the situation in the same way…some might turn to violence and some may just play more games to relieve themselves! However the fact remains that over exposure to violence can create serious disorders in an impressionable child’s personality. Perhaps parents should keep the amount of time a child spends in front of his computer limited.

Rising Star Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Posts: 15

I think it is not just the fact that kids are being more violent, it is the whole society which is suffering. As a rule, if we keep on experiencing something(be it in real life or on TV or through games) over a period of time, we tend to become used to it. Things that would Shocked

SHOCK those who are not used to them would be regular non-events for those who watch it everyday. I think we are becoming so used to violence and vulgarity that we no longer feel offended until or unless it affects us somehow( cause that is something we haven’t gotten used to…since games and TV are remote in the way we interact with them)
Hope some one will make sense out of this…..peace! Smile

Rising Star Joined: Jan 01, 2005 Posts: 16

Yeah. Well there is some sense in that. Idea

Allow me to continue you logic…
Since, as you say we get used to things, and they become NON-EVENT, so the next step would be to utilize the high energy levels created by the adrenalin into something that is NOT a regular NON-EVENT, here enters the same logic as there is to drugs. Once you are an addict the urge is to go on a higher level of ecstasy through harder drugs and so on. The same formula applies to this case, as the gamer that has the addiction for violence (created in the unreal world) would want to spend his energy through real life violence which would be the harder form of is addiction. Hmmm….anyone else?
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Rising Star Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Posts: 15

And the unreal quality of the games; make them feel remote from the sufferer and thus the target of their violence in not more that a THING for them on which they can take their anger/frustration out. [/i]

Apprentice Joined: Jan 03, 2005 Posts: 10

I saw a current affairs NEWS programme on an Aussie channel and they had a segment on violent video games affecting kids.
They made two batches of kids and got one group to play Halo and GTA and the other to play Monster Inc. and Shark Tale. Afterwards in free time the kids that played GTA and Halo were rowdy and played imaginary shoot em up games and the other went absolutely nuts breaking toys screaming and yelling!

Moral of the story?
Stupid games make kids angry!
Mad

New User Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 2

While I don’t deny that kids copy the behavior they watch, I don’t think there is a case to ban or restrict the sale of games on any account. They are entertainment and should be taken as so. And I don’t think that games such as there are today can induce kids into killing, as suggested. It is just too far fetched!

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Apprentice Joined: Jan 03, 2005 Posts: 10

Yeah, ban the news if you want to ban exposing kids to violence… that’s real life violence! Twisted Evil

Moderator Joined: Jun 21, 2005 Posts: 264

What about the rise in child abuse in America?
It is coming from the hatred of innocence.
If the kid sees the parent for who they really are
the parent will put the childs lights out.

I know because it happened to me.

But child abuse comes from the hatred of innocence.
They can't stand the light that is in little children -
they are so corrupt.

Mentor Joined: Jun 21, 2005 Posts: 94

Empathizing with some things suffering maybe a behavior that humans need to learn. There are several ways a person can learn empathy. One is from personal experience of pain and hatred but this can turn in the opposite direction if the individual is continuously exposed to abuse. Another means is for parents and teachers to instruct a child that physical abuse is wrong.

Often children at the day care age will see an example of violence on TV or a movie that is as a joke and carry out the same act on some other child. If the child is not reprimanded future abuse is likely to follow. It is at these tender ages that children must be taught not to act out what is staged or simulated violence. If parents do not talk with their kids before and after seeing simulated violence then there will be consequences. Too often parents think that their kids are wise enough to know better, after all we adults take for granted that it's just entertainment. But very young children really can't tell the difference and by not providing the right conditioning your kid could be a time bomb waiting to happen.

Addict Joined: Aug 04, 2005 Posts: 69

I think it is safe to say that the biggest problem isn't just the parents or the games, but society's perception of what is acceptable.

Parents are told everyday what they should or should not allow their kids to do, including physically disciplining their children. So parents go easy on their kids and we get kids who no longer respect their parents.

Kids disobey their parents everyday, regardless of what their parents teach them. I know from personal experience. On the other hand I know that I didn't do a lot of things, drugs, sex, violence among them, because I was raised with discipline and was not subjected to the "entertainment" that most of my generation were subjected to.

Guess I should be thankful that I grew up miles from town without cable, video games, or internet. I now have basic cable, live in town, and have high-speed internet, all things I think I'll do without when I have children of my own. I also wouldn't want them playing online or with video games or watching different cable programs over at a friends house. I'm better off for not having had these.

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