CityOfAngels

I'm still wondering how this is related to anything re: XBOX?
I personally feel that videogames and TV don't teach kids anything unless:
a) The material is overtly educational and pertains to reality as much as possible
or b) The poor child isn't getting a proper education at home and must turn to other things to learn life's principles from.

I agree that if you stick a kid in a room and have him play San Andreas, have that be his only daily activity with no interaction with other people, for a year, he will not only go insane, but adopt the game as his/her primary source of learning.
But if you stick a kid in that same room for an hour each day, and then give him/her a proper education and upbringing, the game's only positive or negative affects would be on fun factor for an hour each day, which would depend on the child's tastes.

I'm sick and tired of parents trying to find scapegoats for their bad parenting. Not that I'm saying you are, but surely your skepticism derives from other parents doing just that.

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