Parent’s Views On Playing Video Games by Their Children

By Teddy Peterson on November 15th, 2007

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According to an Associated Press-AOL Games poll, more than four in 10, or 43 percent, parents never accompany their children when they play video or computer games. “I don’t think it’s good for them, the violence, the obsession,” said Karen Kimball, 55, of Hale, Minn., another nonplayer who estimates her 17-year-old son plays 25 hours weekly. “No longer is it, ‘Let’s go out and throw a football.’” Marvin Paup, 33, of Golden Valley, Ariz., says he plays 30 hours a week with his son and dozens more on his own and their present favorite is “Halo 3.” Marvin said “That game has bonded me with my son; it’s like a whole new reality with me and him.”

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