My son, who is turning 10 on April 2nd, is totally addicted to video games.  He plays everything from Halo to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with his new found addiction of Lego Star Wars. Luckily I don’t allow him to play on-line.   Josh Smith has done a study on how often profanity was used while playing Halo2 for 33 1/2 hours.

Everyone knows I cuss and my stance with my kids is that "daddy can swear all he wants, but you cant".  I know a lot of parents won’t agree with my parenting here but their my kids so shut-up!  What people should take from Josh’s article is the fact that parents that grew up with Atari, Colecovision, and Nintendo think that video games are still for kids.  Something like 85% of all video games for the Xbox are geared towards adults not kids.

My policy on which games my son is allowed to play is pretty relaxed.  I believe that my son has a understanding of reality and wont go blowin’ shit up just because he plays Halo.  I will never be that person who blames video games for the corruption of society.  Remember when listening to Led Zeppelin made you kill your parents?   But will I let him play on-line?  Probably not, I don’t think he’s quite ready for that kind of environment.  Even I have my limits.

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