[Kong]

If you are going to say "Some people do not make good parents therefore we are going to issue a set of rules that all children must follow" then why not take it a step further. Issue parent licenses before having children just like a driver's license is required to drive. A driver's license is required because if you do not know what you are doing then you can hurt other people. I think the same could be said about parenting.

It will never happen but in my version of Utopia you would have to pass a test before procreating.

There are really only four ways you can play these types of games.
1. An adult gives you $50.
2. You play at a friends house.
3. You download it from the Internet.
4. You steal it.

#1-3 are fairly easy to supervise. #4 is unlikely and if this is how the kid got the game then playing the game is not the source of the problem but a result of the problem.

And to answer Tenser's question - I do not believe that every kid that committed a violent act had bad parents. I believe in an even mixture of nature and nurture and not all of nurture is controlled by the parents. The best parents can have bad kids and vice versa.

Anyways I think the real question has nothing to do with parents. What is being asked is could a healthy happy kid be spoiled by playing a violent game.

I think the answer is no.

A case study would be very easy as well. Gather as many kids as you can who have parents that are willing to allow them to participate in the study. Divide them into 3 groups. Group A plays Violent games. Group B plays non-violent games. Group C does not play games. Day one - give everyone a psych exam. Day 365 give an exit psych exam. Compare results.

A separate but similar question. What do the parents here think of their children on the Internet? I think this is a much more important question because the possibility for good and bad are so much more extreme. For one you could download any game from the Internet so this question encompasses the first question.