Pornography better for the kids than video games

Well it goes to figure

think about it
when kids watch porn
they can only watch it for so much time.

Drugs? Most kids snap out of it pretty quickly

but games?
they go playing games for hours, even to the point of not sleeping, and not doing their school work.

Games are a dangerous things. I think people just need to limit their online time to be honest.

That's a lot of bull Nat!


in your avatar that is:d
Your post I agree with 100%

i gues you could be called a translator of sorts.
is that avatar where you work?
and what breed is that btw???

umms no im jobless. doing certIV networking at TAFE.
i show cattle for people in my spare time just for the entertainment. it is a charolais was a good animal too got 2nd on the hook runner up reserve and 3rd on the hoof. i was very pleased:D that one i actually raised myself was my project for school

city folk, so evian

I sometimes get jobs at the abattoir I see what I eat. And I like it:d ;)

well considering it was a show (lismore to be precise) there was both a led competition (on the hoof)judging them on their confirmation etc and a prediction to what might be like when they are slaughtered and cut up. and another competition judging the carcass (hook). he was 300 kg so when hes killed take out approx. 50% in bone and your left with 250kg in the edible part...

you mean 150kg?? or 500 kg live?
thats still a shitload of porterhouse anyhow...

I think there must be something wrong with my maths...:?

oh shite sorry gettin tired lol. yea 150 some might have been bruised from the truck ride or somethin but i dont remember, which that also accounts for non salable meat

Oh. It's time limited then is it?



Or die.
or spiral down into addiction.


I think parents need to be responsible for there children.

G'day,

Where have these parents got their heads? Don't answer that ...

Maybe the laws are different where the surveys were conducted, but here in Australia adults who knowingly allow kids to watch pornography are open to being charged with sexual abuse of those children.

And that's only the legal aspect of the issue ... what about the moral issues of parents nurturing and protecting their kids to actually allow them to BE KIDS?

I guess it comes back to the age old problem - parents needing to invest time to hang out with their kids, find out what sort of games they enjoy, check out the content for themselves and turn game playing into family education and entertainment.

What do you reckon?

Your ValuesCoach,
Karyn Clarke
http://www.WinAtWorkZone.com/blog




Comment made about the PC Authority article:
Pornography better for the kids than video games?
Online parent poll shows shocking results.

What do you think? Join the discussion.

Personally, I think it is up to parents to decide what their kids can or cannot do, and that no-one else has a right to comment.
Our modern communication networks (TV, Radio, papers, and Internet) are so pervasive today that virtually nothing can go without being analyzed by journalists, who education is in meduia & reporting only, not psychology, law or content rating.
Media reports like this make me wish for the days when reporters reported, rather than analyzed; where people actually had rights, privacy and a bit of respect for each other; and exercized them intelligently.
It seems to me that the more we communicate in any form, the more our ability to communicate degenerates: i.e quantity destroys quality. TV programs and the introduction of talkback radio are excellent examples. While there is much to like about the Internet (I think of it as the world's greatest library) it has allowed anyone with an opinion to express it, regardless of merit.
I find it takes concious consideration every time I am online, to internally analyse and assess every bit for relevance, intelligence and most importantly the answer to my search.
Two lessons I learned in my MBA recently are too always subject what I find to a "reasonableness test," and to remember that in today's world the real fight is to capture people's attention (after which you fight to keep it).
P.S. If you read this far, congratulations, get back to me and say so. Sadly, I cannot think of a way to learn how many lost interest.

yay the suns nice here too but i have a sinus infection soo im goin nowhere outside. it hurts to breathe lol

I've just had a job come in at a local pub. If I fix it they might give me free samples;)
Sinuses can be a real pain. Hope you get over it soon mate:)

Personally, I think it is up to parents to decide what their kids can or cannot do, and that no-one else has a right to comment.
Our modern communication networks (TV, Radio, papers, and Internet) are so pervasive today that virtually nothing can go without being analyzed by journalists, who education is in meduia & reporting only, not psychology, law or content rating.
Media reports like this make me wish for the days when reporters reported, rather than analyzed; where people actually had rights, privacy and a bit of respect for each other; and exercized them intelligently.
It seems to me that the more we communicate in any form, the more our ability to communicate degenerates: i.e quantity destroys quality. TV programs and the introduction of talkback radio are excellent examples. While there is much to like about the Internet (I think of it as the world's greatest library) it has allowed anyone with an opinion to express it, regardless of merit.
I find it takes concious consideration every time I am online, to internally analyse and assess every bit for relevance, intelligence and most importantly the answer to my search.
Two lessons I learned in my MBA recently are too always subject what I find to a "reasonableness test," and to remember that in today's world the real fight is to capture people's attention (after which you fight to keep it).
P.S. If you read this far, congratulations, get back to me and say so. Sadly, I cannot think of a way to learn how many lost interest.

is that free samples of alcohol!?:O

I am a single parent (boy 17) and I'm pretty sure video games did not make my son the slavering hulk that he's become. (virtuoso,violin; honors classes; recruited by top schools for academic achievement etc.) He plays Madden Grand Theft Auto (all versions) and other criminal tomes, and that's what made him what he is today!

Seems odd that as a parent you would attriubte your sons success to video games, rather than say, the way he was raised... :-k

probably because the thread is about video games v porn
not parenting tactics...

Just because it's in the thread title, doesn't mean it has to be a choice bewteen those two things. I mean, does anyone actually believe that playing videos games makes you a violin viruoso? Seems far more likely the hours of practise would have more to do with it. :-s

I say it's interesting, in that a parent would rate the influence of a video games over their own child's determination/effort...

Edited by Jim.Dude: 19/8/2008 03:42:47 PM

relax....

I am a single parent (boy 17) and I'm pretty sure video games did not make my son the slavering hulk that he's become. (virtuoso,violin; honors classes; recruited by top schools for academic achievement etc.) He plays Madden Grand Theft Auto (all versions) and other criminal tomes, and that's what made him what he is today!

Since alot of kids can come back home after school (lets say 4:30pm) and then spend the next 5-8 hours until 10-12pm on the computer you can see where alot of Parents are thinking Games are a bigger threat. Lets not mention violent games (FPS, GTA) are much more visible to a parent then say Pornography.