ISBN: 9781234622671

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 48 pages. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)52253355 Subject: Video games and children -- United States. Excerpt: . . . take … Mehr…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 48 pages. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)52253355 Subject: Video games and children -- United States. Excerpt: . . . take a hard look at these products and, more importantly, their impact. If a typical child spends up to an hour a day playing video and PC games, and I have two children of video-PC age, and they do play a lot of games, it simply stands to reason if they are playing that much of these games, that these experiences will have some impact on their thoughts and feelings. It is simply part of human nature that what we experience affects our attitudes and assumptions and, thus, our decisions and behavior. The way in which they affect us is bound to be complex and variable, but we need to start asking questions and getting answers. Raising children is a precious duty and a precarious task. It requires nurture, sacrifice, and lots of love, time, and attention, but even the most devoted parents may find it impossible to always know what their child is playing, or to shield their child from images and messages that surround them at school, the mall, at a friends house, or at an arcade. Many devoted, loving parents may not know about the messages of these games. They may not know that their children can participate in murder simulations at the local arcade, and even if they do know, they cannot always shield them from the harmful influences. We can no more shield our child from a polluted culture than we can shield them from polluted air. Parents, of course, have primary responsibility to protect, raise, and care for their children, but it does not mean that the companies have carte blanche to confuse and to corrupt them. We all have a role to play in protecting and caring for children, and in doing what we can to make our country safer and our society more civil. I am hopeful that some of the testimony we will hear today will shed light on a subject that has generated so much heat. Let me say as well, before we go to our first panel, t. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<