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Fawke Em

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41. Why?

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #40)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:43 AM

Dec 2012

Other than there are no red cows with laughing faces who have rounds for earrings!

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I'm the mother of an extremely bright male who loves video games. [View all] Fawke Em Dec 2012 OP

Because when I think unbiased, nonhysterical information about mental illness and violence Codeine Dec 2012 #1

... leftstreet Dec 2012 #2

LOL. I get ya. Fawke Em Dec 2012 #4

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #5

Your son is fine. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #3

I'm trying not to. Fawke Em Dec 2012 #6

I played Doom and Mortal Kombat as a kid. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #10

Wanna hear something funny? Fawke Em Dec 2012 #14

LMAO! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #27

I'm bipolar and raising 2 teen boys, 13ish and 15ish. They love the GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #7

Thank you! Fawke Em Dec 2012 #16

There are a lot of people in the world who want to tell us how much we suck at raising our kids, but GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #18

If your kid was a potential Adam Lanza maxsolomon Dec 2012 #8

Your son is fine nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #9

and for the link Livluvgrow Dec 2012 #30

You mean from one of the many nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #31

People like me Livluvgrow Dec 2012 #34

It's the same pattern. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #38

One thing is certain. There is no harm if he does NOT play violent video games. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #11

So what about all the violence before video games? Confusious Dec 2012 #13

You'll have to ask the scientists and doctors that. I just quoted them. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #15

I looked the "banning" up once Confusious Dec 2012 #17

The banned violent video games in Australia: Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #21

That would be the brazil list Confusious Dec 2012 #24

Yes, I saw that. But it concluded there is a link. That's the point. There are NO studies... Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #22

Here's the problem Confusious Dec 2012 #26

I read some of this, but... my son is not Fawke Em Dec 2012 #19

The studies concluded that violent video games are a strong predictor of future violence... Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #23

Study: no link between violence and video games Confusious Dec 2012 #28

What you should do is spend public interaction time with your son. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #12

We do this. Fawke Em Dec 2012 #35

Does he have friends? Barack_America Dec 2012 #20

Follow Aristotle's advice... moderation in all things. Even video games. reformist2 Dec 2012 #25

Mine is now studying computer science, because he liked video games jberryhill Dec 2012 #29

I love the Laughing Cow Fawke Em Dec 2012 #37

It used to scare me when I was little jberryhill Dec 2012 #40

Why? Fawke Em Dec 2012 #41

The danger signs are exactly the same with or without video games jeff47 Dec 2012 #32

My son would DIE before he'd harm an animal. Fawke Em Dec 2012 #36

This is very rare in the entire scheme of things. dkf Dec 2012 #33

I read that on Sunday. Fawke Em Dec 2012 #39

I imagine it's easy to be bored if you have already gotten beyond that level. dkf Dec 2012 #42

So was I. Fawke Em Dec 2012 #43

It wasn't the parents, but the school systems and their lack of rigidity. dkf Dec 2012 #44