Why do parents hate games?

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Sharft6

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Maybe i've been exposed to the wrong people but i can't help but notice parents in general especially my mum have an incredibly strong hate against any form of electronic game.

any ideas?
 


She doesn't hate the game itself, silly, just the part where you waste your life on it. 😗
 
There are several reasons I can think of.

1. It's new. Older people (such as parents) didn't grow up with them, and so they don't fully understand them.

2. Video games have been blamed for violent behavior. Events like Columbine reinforce this, and there isn't a lot of evidence saying it's totally wrong, but most evidence just states that any behavior changes are minor and tend to subside after a few hours, anyway.

3. Video games are often anti-social, and parents like to see kids with lots of friends. Hence, go outside and play, make friends = happy parents, anything else= less happy parents.

4. Because some "evil" games, like the Grant Theft Auto series have been so highly publicized and criticized, less-informed parents tend to believe all games are as violent, lewd, and contain similar "bad" elements.

Those are mostly opinions.
 


So basically, parents use games as scapegoat for their own lack of parenting? :na:
 

Oh yea that reminds me of another question.

How does one waste their life?
 
I bike, swim and do a little running but its mainly for exercise. It doesn't like open my mind to new possibilities or anything.

Your feed back is still appreciated.
 
Try interacting with people during your outdoors time.

Play some soccer or something. I learned more from team sports than almost anything else I ever did.
 
when i was younger I went tramping/hiking and I was in a hockey team. Would anything be different now?

I do enjoy some things outside like riding motor bike(off road only) and driving paddock car and shooting stuff 😛 But I've never enjoyed social events and this is not the point.

Just wondering how to waste my life becase I've heard that one before.
 
actually ive found the WII to be a much more effective modern equivalent..

my mam always went on at me for wasting my life for playing games, even when i was playing sociable ones, and had plenty of friends and went to partys, infact i was always limited to 1 console(which lead me to buy and build a full computer behind her back) while living under her roof as a kid. Now however im getting my own back cause she bought a Wii and is loving every second of it.

even when i was 16 had a part time job and was paying 250 pound a month rent she still didnt like it when i crashed after work with a good game.
 
Well I'm a parent and I like games 😉

What I don't agree with is inappropiate gaming - it makes me unpopular, but I take my parental responsibilites seriously which means that no, my 12 year old can't play San Andreas. It's not from a position of ignorace (I've completed the game myself 3 or 4 times) but purely from the opinion that the content is unsuitable for a young teenager - hence it's 18 certificate. In this moder permissive age it makes me unpopular, but give the loutishness of some of his friends, I think I'm doing the correct thing by promoting a moral lifestyle at home. With mobile media being so much more common than when I was at school (not that long ago!) I know he's going t ocome into contact with a lot of content aimed at older people, I'm hopefully giving him the background he needs to deal with it without it affecting him negatively.

As for other games, well we regularly have warcraft III tournaments where all four of us compete, so it can be a fun way for a family to spend an afternoon.

School, homework, leisure, gaming - as long as there is the correct balance, I have no issue at all with it.
 
lol my parents are retarded when their so fcking paranoid if i turn on my pc to surf the web or do work they think i;m gaming. and yeah getting parents hooked on stupid games do work my mom started playing golf on her phone.
 
Most parents hate games because children and teenagers will avoid any shred of responsibility for anything to play games instead.

And thats the truth, whether people like it or not.
 
Kyzarvs - applaudable attitude tbh mate.

I'm aware its an unpopular view, but having a 12 year old simulating gunning down pedestrians and drug runs is not healthy for anyone but the Developer thats makes money out of controversial titles.

If i was a parent my kid wouldnt go anywhere near GTA et al until he had demonstrated a sense of maturity, e.g. the chap above would be limited to a Scrabble board and a Jacob's Ladder.
 


First, check the grammar in the question above. If you can see what's wrong with it, you may not have wasted your time in asking it.

You waste your life if you do not undertake enough activities that will bring you (and/or even better, people around you) further in life (materialisticly or spiritually). Obviously the quantification of "enough" is highly subjective, and noone in their right mind will deny that everybody needs leisure time as well, but it should be in balance. To live without balance (either way) is actually wasting your life. You will regret it sooner or later, and if it's later you will not be able to make up for it, in the time that you have left.

 
wat do u mean by me not being mature i've been playing mature rated games for 2 years since i was 12. Theres nothing wrong with gta its just that some ppl who played it had screwed up lives in the first place.
 
well mature enough to not go crazy and go on a killing spree, kill my self or becoming obsessed with death. Also since my IQ is 130 my intelligence would be about the same as an average/slightly above average 16-17yr old. Games i play include far cry 2/ crysis,warhead/cod 4/cod5 and do u expect any gamer to miss out on these games.
 
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