Parents Be Able To Control What Kids Watch Analysis

Violent videogames have been in existence for quite some time now. With its continued prevalence in society, one must wonder what effects violent videogames pose on society particularly minors. After all minors play videogames more than any other age group. Although there is an age restriction to these violent videogames, minors constantly bypass this in various ways. It’s important to note that minors are the future of our world and the effects of these video games on their minds is alarming to say the least. For this very reason in 2005, Leland Y. Yee, California State senator sponsored a law which forbid the sale of violent games to minors. Of course videogame developers immediately challenged his and fought it in court. Leland Y. Yee has good reason for this law as he explores those reason in His article “Parents should Be Able to Control What Kids Watch”. I for one agree with that statement. Although children do have mind of their own, parents can heavily influence them especially during the teenage when they are likely the most rebellious. Yee is a California State Senator and has a doctorate is Child Psychology who published …show more content…
They claim that violent video games are not the only thing that hurts teenagers psychologically. These people say that minors are constantly exposed to violence and not just by videogames. They say parents may be biased towards video for whatever reason. Exposure to violence to minors is all around such as TV, Internet, and movies. This argument does have valid point in that violence is clearly present in multiple media outlets besides videogames. However one can argue that although the other outlets have already been made therefore personal choice is removed. In videogames the user has full choice in what he or she can do. This ability to choose what to do in violent videogames is what makes videogames partially potent in violent