GTA Is Worse Than Porn For Teens
The scare stories about the evil of games are on a real roll at the moment - just check out the latest view on the ‘Most Violent Game Ever’. Now, the latest large US survey of concerned parents found that they preferred their teen angels were exposed to porn over Grand Theft Auto. The survey for What They Play, a site for concerned adults wanting to know what kind of games their kids are playing, asked 1,600 parents what would concern them most if their 17-year old was going to a sleepover. GTA pulled 19% of the vote versus just 16% for porn, followed by ‘drinking beer’ on 14%. Topping the panic list though was smoking pot, with 49% of parents freaking dude, about young Gerald getting mashed by the wicked weed. “Although these findings seem surprising at first, they hint at fears parents have about video games,” says Cheryl K. Olson, Sc.D., co-author of Grand Theft Childhood. “To some parents, video games are full of unknowable dangers. While researching for Grand Theft Childhood, parents we spoke with in focus groups often bemoaned the fact that they didn’t know how to use game controls - and felt unequipped to supervise or limit video game play. Of course, parents don’t want their children drinking alcohol, but that’s a more familiar risk.” Another example of things being blown out of proportion? I’d be far more concerned with a teen going to a sleepover, drinking a bottle vodka while watching porn and then knocking up another drunk, porn-watching teen, before losing his teeth in a fight over the last Hobnob and ending up in hospital getting his stomach pumped at 4am. Maybe I’m just old fashioned.-Martin Lynch [What They Play] games violence GTA news
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