Connection between video games and violent behavior in teens
Majority of U.S. adults admit to understanding little or nothing at all, about video game rating system.Many of them would never let their eight year old see an R-rated movie, but according to the findings from a January 2013 Harris Poll of 2,278 U.S. adults (above 18+) interviewed online, some children may be playing video games beyond their maturity level.
Only one-third of Americans (32%) say they understand everything or a lot about video game ratings and nearly two in five (38%) indicated they know nothing about the system, the majority (66%) of those U.S. adults with video game playing children in their households, indicate using a video game’s rating to determine whether they allow their child to play it. Despite nearly three in five Americans (58%) agreeing that there is a link between playing violent video games and teenagers showing violent behaviour, 33% of those with young gamers under their roofs indicate allowing those children to play whatever games they want.
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