But this time it's a good thing. Child psychologist Dr. Frank Gaskill's thoughtful, if brief, piece on violence and video gaming.
My personal favorite point: "Common sense tells you that you don't let an elementary school kid or an older child with a history of aggressive behavior play Grand Theft Auto. But that same common sense tells you that if 90 percent of households have owned or rented a video game every year - while the juvenile crime rate has been going down for more than a decade - then a little Halo 3 never hurt anybody..."
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I think that while brief, this article covers the point. I am glad he focused on the point about there possibly being a correlation, but that in no way proves anything and is "risky at best" to say so.
P.S. I have that image at the top as a refrigerator magnet and it says, "Video Games...why waste good technology on science and medicine."
This article makes several good points. I agree with his thought that young children, or older children with a history of violence, shouldn't play games like GTA. I especially enjoyed his criticism of politicians using "weak science" research to back their outrageous claims.
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