What is the attitude of parents towards children's playing games?

[T1MEFLYER\(^o^)/]

Hello everyone, i'm a Chinese student, doing a research, which wants to learn about parents' attitudes towards children playing games in other countries. In China, most parents are against children playing games, because of the academic pressure. So how about other countries? And why?(I hope and thank you very much for participating in the discussion!)

[T1MEFLYER\(^o^)/]

Publicado originalmente por Praise the Alliance:

Publicado originalmente por T1MEFTORO:

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[Samurai]

I think it depends on their age and other factors.

If you have a kid/s, would you rather them playing outside, running about with friends, or sitting at home at the computer for long periods.

Its better if you can balance these out. However a lot of people neglect this.

As a kid, if you're outside playing football or whatever, this improves your metabolism and immune system for when you get older.

[fluxtorrent]

If you are looking for biased attitudes you have come to the right place.

[Hello, Misty]

Let them have fun, as long as they don't neglect their studies and health.

[Lunacy]

Generally kids can play games all they want as long as their school grades are acceptable.

[steven1mac]

It really depends on what kind of game. Some games encourage creative thinking, while others just reward agility or timing. Gaming can help relive stress and anxiety, as well as help develop social skills. These skills can be applied to whatever future career the kids might be employed in, and are often overlooked by a pure academic focus.

However, like all things, there needs to be moderation involved in the game. Both the kind of game and the length of play need to be monitored by the parent. If the child's grade slip, one of the easiest punishments for a parent is to remove the games until their grades improve.

[T1MEFLYER\(^o^)/]

Thank everyone for your comments, which have helped me a lot and learned a lot. Thank everyone again!

[crunchyfrog]

Publicado originalmente por steven1mac:

It really depends on what kind of game. Some games encourage creative thinking, while others just reward agility or timing. Gaming can help relive stress and anxiety, as well as help develop social skills. These skills can be applied to whatever future career the kids might be employed in, and are often overlooked by a pure academic focus.

However, like all things, there needs to be moderation involved in the game. Both the kind of game and the length of play need to be monitored by the parent. If the child's grade slip, one of the easiest punishments for a parent is to remove the games until their grades improve.

I would add one small caveat to this and this is largely from my own experience and other people I know.

I have yet to see any real examples of kids having grades slip unless they are allowed to spend unreasonable amount of times with games. If you moderate the time and put in strict controls, then there shouldn't be any issues for the most part.

Sure you get horrible games especially "live service" ♥♥♥♥♥ these days which prey upon certain traits, but even then moderation of time can easily be done.

Set up actual hard time management software or timers if you need to. They exist. Power or connection goes off at a certain time - done.

[Tsubame ⭐]

Publicado originalmente por T1MEFTORO:

Hello everyone, i'm a Chinese student, doing a research, which wants to learn about parents' attitudes towards children playing games in other countries. In China, most parents are against children playing games, because of the academic pressure. So how about other countries? And why?(I hope and thank you very much for participating in the discussion!)

In the entire world, China included, there are parents who are very strict, and who are not as strict, about this.

East Asia has a very large gaming addiction problem, often affecting high school students, even though stereotypically people see them as places where people only study and work.

Just because parents want their child to study study study does not mean they are successful in that, Asian or not.

[cinedine]

Publicado originalmente por T1MEFTORO:

Thank everyone for your comments, which have helped me a lot and learned a lot. Thank everyone again!

Always remember: parents only want the best for their children and (most of the time) they actually do know better. Parents who don't put restrictions on their children are parents who don't care.

[Paratech2008]

Most parents don't know what their kids are playing and have no clue over the content included in some videogames or how their children behave online.

I remember finding a Conker's Bad Fur Day loose at a Salvation Army and buying it so no adult would accidentally buy the game for a kid. The cartridge had the M rating on it, but it could easily be missed. The cute cartoon character on the cartridge might convince an adult it was a kid's game.

[Electric Cupcake]

My parents got me into the golden age of edutainment games, like from MECC and Broderbund and The Learning Company, but my dad also brought home the shareware files from Commander Keen and Jazz Jackrabbit and Epic Pinball and the like, which I guess he got off his workplace's BBS connections.

Daddy sat me on his knee and taught me how to play original Spectrum Holobyte Tetris, though I was more focused on the pretty artwork.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOQPrGfYuqk

[crunchyfrog]

Publicado originalmente por Paratech2008:

Most parents don't know what their kids are playing and have no clue over the content included in some videogames or how their children behave online.

I remember finding a Conker's Bad Fur Day loose at a Salvation Army and buying it so no adult would accidentally buy the game for a kid. The cartridge had the M rating on it, but it could easily be missed. The cute cartoon character on the cartridge might convince an adult it was a kid's game.

Reminds me of when I used be a freelance journo.

There was bit of a storm in a teacup when some kids were allegedly using WiiFit and injuring themselves due to it not technically being for them (or not reading the manual or whatever). My local paper rang me up for comment on it and I thought how stupid it was that there were enough parents that don't even know what their kids are doing in the slightest.

I got a wee bit of backlash for flatly explaining that you aren't going to have success in suing Nitnendo when it states clearly in the paperwork this is not suitable for children under a certain age.

Some people don't like being advised of reality.