Originally Posted by Daoust

I'm just curious as to which "great parenting" technique you would use on your children to justify their intaking graphic violent scenes, and having them know the difference between reality and fiction. "Okay Jimmy, it's important for you to know the difference between a computer generated man kicking a man until blood squirts out his brains and a real man doing it. As long as you never kick a man until he bleeds, you will be fine. You can keep watching violence of any form as long as you promise never to do it."

No matter how you say it, I can't picture a scenario where I'm sitting my kid down and teaching him to know the difference, and appreciate the difference between real and fictional violence. I'm not saying I'd shelter my child; they're going to be exposed to it eventually. But I wonder if I wouldn't be condoning/celebrating it if I have games like San Andreas in my home.