So last night one of our lovely below average current affairs items does another boring item on how video games are turning our children into serial killers. Now most people already know where they stand on this, I wasn’t really paying any attention.
Until the mummy who let her 7 yr old play GTA came on. She didn’t think there was anything wrong with this. Apparently she knows exactly what her darling child is thinking and he’s a good boy! Yet she seemed quite indignant when the reporter asked her if she would ever let her child watch porn.
Which got me thinking. Would I prefer my child to watch close ups of peoples genitals, or pretend to blow peoples brains out?
It’s kind of strange that there are people willing to let their children act out activities that they find completely abhorent in real life, yet they would completely lose it if they found them watching an activity that would be perfectly normal for them to partake in when they are older.
Personally I would confiscate any porn or violent games I found my child in possesion of, but I still find it unsettling that I would probably prefer it if they were pretending to be gun wielding LA gangsters.