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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 245255" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'm not sure I caught every word of your post (my eyes are bad- it might help to separate paragraphs with spaces), but I think you are asking about the violent and inappropriate games and the fact that other kids are playing them and seem uneffected.</p><p></p><p>I asked difficult child's psychiatrist the exact same thing when difficult child was 11yo. It came up because ALL difficult child's friends were playing M rated games and difficult child wasn't allowed to. psychiatrist said that difficult child absolutely should not be allowed to play them and I was right in making that choice. (Strike one against PO.) </p><p></p><p>psychiatrist also said that kids who don;t have the same issues as difficult child are still effected by these games, even if they seem well-adjusted. He said if nothing else, it de-sensitizes these boys about violence, sex, etc. He said it might take years for the effects to shhow up, but there is a reason that the games are rated M, not E.</p><p></p><p>Of course, this didn't help the situation when difficult child invites a firend over and wonders why he doesn't have the "coolest" games like they do. And, it doesn't stop difficult child from playing them when he visits someone else's house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 245255, member: 3699"] I'm not sure I caught every word of your post (my eyes are bad- it might help to separate paragraphs with spaces), but I think you are asking about the violent and inappropriate games and the fact that other kids are playing them and seem uneffected. I asked difficult child's psychiatrist the exact same thing when difficult child was 11yo. It came up because ALL difficult child's friends were playing M rated games and difficult child wasn't allowed to. psychiatrist said that difficult child absolutely should not be allowed to play them and I was right in making that choice. (Strike one against PO.) psychiatrist also said that kids who don;t have the same issues as difficult child are still effected by these games, even if they seem well-adjusted. He said if nothing else, it de-sensitizes these boys about violence, sex, etc. He said it might take years for the effects to shhow up, but there is a reason that the games are rated M, not E. Of course, this didn't help the situation when difficult child invites a firend over and wonders why he doesn't have the "coolest" games like they do. And, it doesn't stop difficult child from playing them when he visits someone else's house. [/QUOTE]
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