Introductions

Ok so for those of you who don't know me, I am married, have 8 children and am an avid gamer. I play it all from racing, to fps, to rts, to mmo's, to platformers. I've played them all. My children range from ages 12 down to 2, and at least 4 of them show interest in video games.

Now you may be wondering what my position is on children and games rated M. I honestly have no problem with my kids playing extremely violent video games. I raise my children to know that you can't just go out into society killing people and I moniter their gameplay. However I do feel that adult language is not acceptable for children to be exposed to. For example, my kids are not allowed to play Grand Theft Auto, but they are allowed to play Crackdown. Both contain violence but Crackdown doesn't drop F-bombs every 5 minutes.

Long story short: Video Games don't make people violent, but they can curve the direction that your vocabulary grows.